Saturday, November 30, 2013

Google Nexus smartphones are susceptible to "DoS attacks ... - Adrenaline

Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 and 5 are vulnerable to DoS attacks that can be done by sending Flash SMS for the cell. The bug causes the device restart, or temporarily disconnect the network, enabling the loss calls for a short time.

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Flash SMS, SMS or Class 0 as they are also known, are the messages that appear directly on the device screen, on top of applications and are not stored immediately, giving the user the possibility of not save them, erased automatically after being read. The bug discovered by the systems administrator Bogdan Alecu causes a Flash SMS overlaps with another successively, and when the number reaches the 30s the machine hangs.

A Google has been informed of the problem and said it was investigating. Via PC World .

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