If you have a device from the Nexus line launched in recent years, your device may be susceptible to be restarted, without getting frozen or network upon receipt of SMS messages. According to PC World, the researcher Bogdan Alecu found that both the Nexus and the Nexus 4 5 are susceptible to codes that allow interrupt their activities remotely.
Simply send SMS messages to the device 30 flash – a type of communication that is highlighted on the screen of the device and requires actions to be discarded. Thanks to this, a malicious person can do with a smartphone to crash if its owner does not deal correctly with messages on time.
Among the aspects that make efficient threat is the fact that the Nexus products affected not send automated alerts to sound when a flash SMS is received, allowing you to send various types of texts before the user realizes what happens. According Alecu, the last three of the line smartphones that have Android Ice Cream Sandwich installed or KitKat suffer from the problem that seems to affect other gadgets.
researcher told PC World that have contacted Google, who promised that a solution would be included in Android 4.3. However, by the time this text was written, the devices listed by the analyst still susceptible to being victims of nuisance defects.
Although most smartphone users do not use the flash SMS more, some applications may do this to change soon – including an app developed by Alecu own. As the developer of the Android does not find a solution, the researcher offers the download software that limits the number of incoming messages, which should help protect consumers owners of Nexus devices.
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