Since Joshua Drake of Zimperium announced his talk at the Black Hat conference on Twitter, speculation in the blogosphere has been rampant. BLACKHAT USA 2015 ...

Millions of Android devices are at risk yet again after researchers found a new way to exploit an older vulnerability that was previously patched by Google. NorthBit, based in Herzliya, Israel, ...

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The Stagefright scare last year was one of the most well-publicized Android vulnerability stories ever. It allowed hackers to remotely execute malicious code and escalate permissions to essentially ...

In the wake of the Stagefright vulnerability being publicly announced, numerous information security experts say they plan to ditch their Android smartphones and tablets in favor of Apple iOS. Their ...

Most hacker-related stories regarding Android are overdone with technopanic, but the newly discovered bug in Android's multimedia playback tool Stagefright is one that has users more concerned than ...

Want to find out if you’re vulnerable to the nasty Stagefright Android hack? Here’s how to do it. Better yet, I’ve got advice on how to keep yourself safe. The Stagefright vulnerability was discovered ...

The Android operating system has been around for a decade and has over 2 billion users worldwide, but there are some things that it still hasn't gotten right.

Researchers have developed Metaphor, a “fast, reliable, and stealthy” exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that can affect millions of Android devices. Whether or not the attack becomes widely ...

A new Stagefright vulnerability has been discovered in Android. Patches are rolling out soon to some devices, but everyone else will have to wait. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Relatively new, the 'Stagefright' exploit allows a hacker to take over a vulnerable Android phone just by sending you an MMS message with a video embedded - if you play the video - the hacker can ...

V3 reports the bug was found by Trend Micro security researchers and has been given the tag of CVE-2015-3842. Hackers are not known to be actively exploiting it in the wild but users are nonetheless ...