Stagefright

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2015
A billion Android devices vulnerable to Stagefright 2.0 bugs

A billion Android phones are vulnerable to Stagefright 2.0 flaws that could be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on the targeted device. Do you remember the Stagefright vulnerability? In July 2015,  security experts from Zimperium discovered the Stagefright flaw in the popular Google Android OS which allows hackers to gain control of the system without raising […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2015
Zimperium firm released the Android Stagefright Exploit Code

Zimperium firm released the Android Stagefright Exploit Code, the Android flaw that is threatening the users of the popular Google mobile OS. Experts at Zimperium Mobile Security Labs (zLabs) recently discovered a critical flaw, dubbed Stagefright affecting the Android OS. The experts revealed that the Stagefright flaw (CVE-2015-1538) potentially affects 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2015
Trend Micro revealed a new Android vulnerability renders Android Devices inoperable

Researchers from Trend Micro discovered a new critical vulnerability in the Android mobile OS that can be exploited to crash mobile devices. Experts from Trend Micro discovered a new vulnerability, an integer overflow bug in the Android mediaserver service, that affects versions of Android starting with 4.3 Jelly Bean and up to 5.1.1 Lollipop. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2015
Stagefright, just a message to hack 950 Million Android devices

Android users are threatened by a new vulnerability dubbed Stagefright in the popular Google mobile OS, which allows hackers to gain control of the system without raising suspicion.  Another disconcerting aspect of the Stagefright flaw is that it potentially affects 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of the Google OS (roughly 950 million smartphones […]