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Android app tells you if you have 'Stagefright' vulnerability

Android app tells you if you have ‘Stagefright’ vulnerability

Posted on August 7, 2015August 26, 2019 By Jarvis

Got Stagefright? Not the fear of an audience, but an Android vulnerability that could hijack your smartphone via a garden-variety MMS. The company that discovered the flaw, Zimperium, has now released a tool, the Stagefright Detector App, to at least let you know if you’re patched against it. Google issued a fix a while ago, and you’re protected if you have a Nexus device. But if you own nearly any other smartphone — even a brand new one like Samsung’s Galaxy S6 — you’re probably still at risk.
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Wearables Tags:android, Android app, app, galaxy, Galaxy s6, Google, nexus, Samsung, smartphone

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