Neowin News Feed for: Stagefright

Sony pushes Stagefright fix to the Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact

Shreyas Gandhe — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:02:02 +0000

Sony has started rolling out an update which patches Android's Stagefright vulnerability in the recently launched Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact smartphones in addition to other bug fixes. Read more...

1.4 billion Android users may be affected by new Stagefright 2.0 vulnerability

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:36:01 +0000

A new report claims that a new set of vulnerabilities, dubbed Stagefright 2.0 in the Android OS may be affecting more than a billion users and every device is susceptible to malicious attacks. Read more...

New Android 5.1.1 firmware heads to some Sony Xperia phones with Stagefright fix

Andy Weir — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:46:01 +0000

Sony is rolling out new firmware (build 14.6.A.0.368) for some Xperia handsets - and unlike a similar update it pushed out last week, this one includes a fix for the Android Stagefright vulnerability. Read more...

Android 5.1 Lollipop heads to HTC One M9 on Verizon, including Stagefright fix

Andy Weir — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:50:01 +0000

Android 5.1 will begin rolling out to the HTC One M9 on Verizon later today, and in addition to new roaming support for LTE Bands 3 and 7, it also brings a fix for the Stagefright vulnerability. Read more...

OnePlus releases Oxygen OS update for "Stagefright" vulnerability

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 07:16:01 +0000

OnePlus has issued an update for its Oxygen OS that will patch the much publicized 'Stagefright" vulnerability. The update is available as a direct download from OnePlus. Read more...

Motorola announces list of devices that will be patched against Stagefright

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:34:01 +0000

Motorola has acknowledged that its devices are also affected by the Stagefright vulnerability and has revealed the list of past and upcoming devices that will be patched against it. Read more...

Samsung and LG follow Google in committing to monthly Android security updates

Andy Weir — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 04:10:02 +0000

After Google committed to providing monthly security updates for Nexus devices, Samsung and LG have now said that they will do the same, releasing regular patches for their Android phones and tablets. Read more...

Major Android security flaw leaves 950 million phones vulnerable to being silently hacked

Andy Weir — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:28:01 +0000

The vulnerability lets an attacker take control of any device running Android 2.2 onwards using multimedia content - but while Google has had a patch since April, 95% of devices remain unprotected. Read more...