Android Users Exposed To Stagefright Hack

(RTTNews) - Android has a notorious weak point in its Stagefright, a multimedia library, and chances of hacking is high in a range of versions, says Israeli security firm NorthBit.

In a research study named Metaphor, the firm has revealed vulnerabilities in 2.2 through 4.0 and 5.0 through 5.1 versions of Android. The original vulnerability was first found by Joshua Drake from Zimperium in versions 1.0 through 5.1.

NorthBit estimates that the bug might exist in nearly one billion devices.

In the Android 6.0 Marshmallo version, Google had blocked the bug and released a security patch in October 2015.