the security expert and researcher, "Joshua Drake" disroverd the existence of modern security flaws
threaten the safety of operating system Android devices and allows hackers to
control your devices by text message.
Company "Zembariom" where "Joshua" works as security expert warned that these gaps exist in more than 950
million android phones and computers around
the world, specifically versions 2.2 up to 5.1 version, which includes versions
of Android KitKat and Lollipops.
And he found this serious imbalance which lies in the
existence of a gap in a key component of the system is called Android
"Stagefright" explaining that the majority of Android devices if not
all this component you need to run different applications on the system
transfer.
According to the company, "Zembariom" these
gaps allow reception of MMS messages to download video clips on the victim's
computers without permission where the message is opened and loading procedure,
and is done through these sections to install malicious software on the phone
without the user's knowledge, and everything would take a hacker is to send a
text to the victim's phone and will take
over it
,
"Zembariom" explained that
this gap affects about 95% of the Android mobile operating system, a device
number is 950 million, the company has not yet determined solutions to protect
against the risk of these gaps, adding that it is not detected the pirates to
exploit this flaw yet.





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