How long do Android devices continue to receive security updates after they’re purchased? The answer is: barely two years.
Tag Archives: Stagefright
87% of Android devices are exposed to at least one critical vulnerability
University of Cambridge researchers find that the Android ecosystem is a “market for lemons,” with 87% of devices unpatched against at least one known critical vulnerability.
“I will not knit my own cryptography!” 60 Second Security
Watch this week’s episode of our upbeat 1-minute security news video…
Google issues Android patches for Stagefright 2 (for some users)
First there was Stagefright, then more Android bugs of the same sort… …giving us Stagefright 2 and another round of patches.
“Stagefright – are we in the clear now?” [Chet Chat Podcast 214]
Listen to Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin in the latest episode of our weekly security podcast…
Google fixes an Android Lollipop lockscreen bypass bug – how bad was it?
The exploit worked by entering an extremely long string of characters into the password field while the camera is open, causing the device to crash and return to the homescreen.
We hashed them once, we hashed them twice! 60 Second Security
Out weekly wrap-up video. Watch (and smile!) in just 1 minute…
Android’s Stagefright back in the limelight – what you need to know
Exploit code for the Stagefright vulnerability is now public. But it’s not all bad news: we explain the risk and how to avoid it…
Is Stagefright over yet? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly 1-minute security video – enjoy.
Stagefrightened Google, Samsung to push out monthly Android fixes
The aptly named Stagefright vulnerability scared them into action. Let’s hope that fear shakes up all the vendors and carriers so the fixes get to us ASAP.