Researchers discover new way to exploit the flaw … – canaltech (Blog)

For Writing | 21/03/2016 at 13h26

in July last year, the news that a bug left exposed 95% of Android users caught everyone by surprise. Apparently resolved, the Stagefright failure back in the news after a group of researchers discover a new way to exploit it. The new version is called Metaphor and can act consistently to compromise your gadget with the Google mobile system.

Researchers NorthBit developed a proof of concept and managed to create a method using procedures that go back and forth to break down the defenses of the Android . For hackers can exploit the flaw would suffice you access a site with an MPEG-4 video created exclusively for this purpose. Right now, the malware is able to break into your device and send data stored on the device back to the attacker. The process can be repeated several times until your various information to be captured by the attacker.

Despite sounding like something slow and laborious, the whole process takes no more than 20 seconds, tell the experts. The researchers also ensure that the problem should not reach those using Android 6.0 or higher – or else any other variation and system version that received a patch for the Stagefright. In turn, Google warns that the security update released on October 1, 205 fixes the problem and keeps your immune users to this threat

Source:. Exploit Database, ZDNet

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