“These vulnerabilities are extremely dangerous because they do not require that the victim take any action to be exploited,” Zimperium wrote in a blog post, adding that “this vulnerability can be triggered while you sleep.
Security researchers have exposed what experts are calling the worst Android flaw discovered to date.Īccording to research conducted by Joshua Drake of the cyber security firm Zimperium, a vulnerability in an Android component used to display media, called 'Stagefright,' allows hackers to take control of your smartphone by sending one text message with a malicious media file attached.īecause Stagefright automatically pre-loads videos attached to MMS messages, there is no way to prevent these attacks.
