Security researchers have found another critical Android phone vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious hackers. Security firm Trend Micro found a security vulnerability in Android’s mediaserver component. Trend Micro’s Wish Wu, a mobile threat response engineer, detailed the newly discovered vulnerability in a report. The vulnerability appears to be present from Android 4.3 […]
Android Phones Easily Hacked With MMS, Multimedia Files
A security researcher has found an easily exploitable way to hack into phones operating on the Android operating system. Joshua Drake, vice president of platform research and exploitation at Zimperium, a mobile security firm, found that many Android phones are susceptible to hacking through a specially crafted multimedia message (MMS). The vulnerabilities are present in […]