Security Firm Warns of Texting Vulnerability

Major flaw in Android could affect 95 percent of devices

A mobile security firm is sounding the alarm on a flaw in Android that could potentially allow an attacker to gain control of a smartphone simply by sending a text message. What’s scary about the threat is that in many cases, it doesn’t require any interaction on the part of the victim—in theory, an attacker could send a specially crafted media file by way of MMS …read more

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