A cybersecurity firm has confirmed that 950 million Android phones can be hacked simply by receiving a text message.
In what is being called, “the biggest smartphone flaw ever discovered,” affecting about 95% of the Androids in use today, user’s phone can be infected by receiving an image via text.
The problem stems from the way Android phones analyze incoming text messages. Even before you open a message, the phone automatically processes incoming media files — including pictures, audio or video. That means a malware-laden file can start infecting the phone as soon as it’s received, according Zimperium, a cybersecurity company that specializes in mobile devices. h/t cnn
The massive Android flaw joins the reveal of a recent Apple text hack, that allowed anyone sending a particular text to power off phones.
ELKHORN, OK. (THECOUNT) -- Amidst the aftermath of Friday's storm, country singer and songwriter Zach…
It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Toby Keith, the iconic country…
LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) -- Suzanne Somers, perhaps best known for her breakout role on…
GAZA. (THECOUNT) -- In the midst of chaos and conflict following a deadly Hamas terror…
GYMNASTICS WORLD. (THECOUNT) -- Mary Lou Retton GoFundMe: Mary Lou Retton, star gymnast and Olympic…
GAZA. (THECOUNT) -- Shani Louk has been identified as the woman whose body was seen…