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Motorola on Stagefright: New Phones Have Patch, Working on Updates for Current Phones (UPDATED)

Kellen August 7, 2015 52

With Google, Samsung, and LG all weighing in with their plans to address not only the Stagefright vulnerability, but also security going forward on Android, we reached out to Motorola to see what they plan to do. In short, like the rest of the manufacturers of...

LG Joins Samsung and Google in Monthly Security Update Initiative

Kellen August 7, 2015 39

In a statement issued to Wired, LG confirmed that it will join Samsung and Google in attempting to send out monthly security updates to its Android devices. The move is in response to the Stagefright vulnerability that was made public last week, which has left...

Samsung Will Also Start Issuing “Fast Tracked” Monthly Security Updates

Kellen August 5, 2015 22

Today has been all about security on Android. First, we saw Samsung and Google prepare "Stagefright" updates for a number of devices, followed by an announcement that Google would begin pushing monthly security updates to its Nexus line. Samsung, in a separate...

Going Forward, Nexus Devices Will See Monthly Security Updates – First Up are the Nexus 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10

Kellen August 5, 2015 93

Earlier this morning, we told you that Google would be pushing updates to its Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 phones in an attempt to patch the Stagefright flaw that became public knowledge a week ago. As it turns out, Google will actually begin pushing updates to the...

Textra and Chomp SMS Issue Updates That Could Stop Stagefright Attacks

Kellen July 31, 2015 27

On Monday, a pretty serious security vulnerability in Android's Stagefright was exposed, one that has left almost all Android phones susceptible to an attack. Of course, at this time, the vulnerability has been kept under wraps and supposedly only shared with...

Pretty Serious Stagefright Security Flaw Found on Android, Probably Affects Your Phone

Kellen July 27, 2015 66

This morning, Forbes relayed a potential serious security flaw in Android, first discovered by Zimperium zLabs, that could affect your phone. The flaw is found in Android's Stagefright, a multimedia tool at a deep system level. According to this research, a...

About All This 600 Million+ Samsung Owners and Swiftkey Users Security Flaw Stuff (Updated)

Kellen June 17, 2015 70

Yesterday, a report stole headlines with talk of 600 million+ Samsung devices being vulnerable to a security flaw. The security flaw was tied to Samsung's use of Swiftkey's keyboard technology in most of their phones, including the recently launched Galaxy S6....

Google Might Soon Let You Hand-Pick Permissions When Installing Apps

Kellen May 7, 2015 65

According to a report out of Bloomberg, Google will introduce pretty cool new privacy controls at Google I/O this month, which is a fancy way of saying that they are about to let you pick and choose which permissions are given to an app before you install it. ...