MediaTek admitted that smartphones with its chipsets may be vulnerable to intrusion by third parties or to target easy to malware. The company, however, claims that the problem happens with devices that are with Android KitKat -. Just more version found in Chinese smartphones that use the company SoCs
Security flaws have been reported by the company Justin Case in early January and after nearly a month MediaTek finally recognized that these failures are real. The greatest risk lies in the fact that rogue applications can get root access on smartphones infected without the owner is aware of it. With this access, the malware can steal your data, delete them, spy on your activities or even use your device for remote access to invade other over the Internet.
Meanwhile, MediaTek explained that the vulnerability stems a debugging feature in the smartphone makers are responsible to disable before sending the devices to consumers.
“We are aware of this issue and which was reviewed by the security team of MediaTek. It was mostly found in devices running Android 4.4 KitKat, due to a debug feature designed to telecommunications interoperability testing in China,” said one port -Voice of MediaTek.
“After testing, the phone manufacturers should disable the debug feature before sending their smartphones to stores. However, after investigation, it was discovered that some phone manufacturers do not disable this feature, resulting in this potential problem Security. “
MediaTek, however, no further details, saying only that the problem affects “a lot of devices” from “some manufacturers,” and adding that warned all companies on the appeal. What one can do is disable debugging if you have a smartphone with MediaTek chipset and that is in Android KitKat.
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