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Beware Android users-a new virus is attacking

Posted on: 18/Mar/2016 10:21:25 AM
Usages of smartphones are increasing day by day. The free apps and easy usage makes an android phone an important factor in life. Hence there is always virus attack and theft of information. In the year 2015 Stagefright bug was first discovered.
 
Stagefright itself is a software library, written in C++, that`s built inside the Android operating system. Researchers said it was susceptible to memory corruption and when a MMS message containing a video was sent to the device it could, if composed in the correct way, activate malicious code inside the device.
 
Hackers would be able to obtain various types of information regarding the device owner, including their wallet address.