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# 177316 29-Jul-2015 16:58
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"The vulnerability, disclosed on Monday, may be the worst one to date. It puts 95% of Android devices—950 million gadgets—at risk of being hacked"

On the face of it it sounds like all the other major bugs, but this one can be activated by simply receiving an MMS!

http://fortune.com/2015/07/28/stagefright-google-android-security/
http://fortune.com/2015/07/27/stagefright-android-vulnerability-text/

This should have everyone responsible for corporate data thinking about their mobile device management policy

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  # 1363483 12-Aug-2015 10:10
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As the other thread has run away with posts, let's use it

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=97&topicid=177659

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