Google Promises Fix For Recently Discovered Stagefright Android Flaw

We reported on a newly discovered Android security vulnerability yesterday, hackers can gain access by simply sending a MMS message to the target’s device and it doesn’t even matter if that message is opened or not, Android’s default media handling system would automatically process the message and activate the code. Naturally this has raised security concerns and Google has now come out with a statement on the matter, it promises a fix for this flaw by next week.

The vulnerability is called Stagefright and it exploits how the Hangouts app automatically process incoming video so that it’s ready for the user in the gallery. Hackers can put malicious code inside the video and since it will be automatically processed by the device it doesn’t even matter if the message was opened or not.