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The vulnerability is particularly worrisome because a user could fall victim without doing anything at all – the bug triggers just by looking at it. Because the software framework is used for processing all types of media content, handsets can even be infected by landing on...

Zimperium lab researchers have been working on finding flaws, bugs and security vulnerabilites in Android for the past few months.

Zimperium was the first to pick up on the security flaws and told Google about it four months ago.

Google says that bug fixes will be published to the Android Open Source Project at the same time that they’re released to devices.

Nervous Android users concerned about whether their phone is vulnerable to the “Stagefright” security bug and other vulnerabilities can rest a little easier after Google’s announcement that it will issue monthly updates to protect devices from hackers. But...

Samsung noted that it has recently fast tracked security updates to its Galaxy devices due to the recent “Stagefright” issues. So far, though, Samsung and Google are about the only two to release patches.

“Security has always been a major focus for Android and Google Play: Android was built from day one with security in mind”, said Google. In their blog releasing information about Stagefright, the Zimperium researchers explained that “These issues in Stagefright...

Security experts have warned for years that Android devices receive critical updates from manufacturers either too slowly or not at all.

Creating a simple Web page that loads a malicious MKV file using an HTML5 video tag made Android devices crash the same way as they did when exploited using local apps.

So you may never see a security update for your phone to fix this rather annoying flaw, rendering your handset permanently at-risk of infection (unless you root your handset and install your own flavor of Android.) Your only solution is to buy a new smartphone, which is exactly...