IMHO Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 There's a new exploit for Android that requires only to send a specially crafted MMS message - the receiver doesn't even need to look at it for malicious code to be executed: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953052/security/most-android-phones-can-be-hacked-with-a-simple-mms-message-or-multimedia-file.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Downgrade to 2.2 apparently that's not affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 cue the apple fanboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Downgrade to 2.2 apparently that's not affected. Looks like you need to go lower than that. The vulnerabilities found by Drake affect devices running Android versions 2.2 and higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocacoc Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just disabling Auto Retrieve MMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Downgrade to 2.2 apparently that's not affected. Looks like you need to go lower than that. The vulnerabilities found by Drake affect devices running Android versions 2.2 and higher Even if you could, you'd be left with a phone where almost nothing works right, and you can't find apps for... Let's see how well vendors go with patching... apparently some Asus and Nexus devices have patches available.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just disabling Auto Retrieve MMS. Read the story - MMS is not the only way to exploit the flaw - it's just the scariest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 So glad I just have a phone without all the extra nonsense you pinch and grab folks have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedtripler Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 So glad I just have a phone without all the extra nonsense you pinch and grab folks have. Let's see if these billion phones actually get hacked and if any do what the hackers benefit... Another sky is falling story I expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddhistVirus Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Downgrade to 2.2 apparently that's not affected. Hey...looks like I am safe then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 So glad I just have a phone without all the extra nonsense you pinch and grab folks have. Let's see if these billion phones actually get hacked and if any do what the hackers benefit... Another sky is falling story I expect Wait until August 5th then roll the dice I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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