ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

An official Google blog post has gone on to say that from this week on, Nexus devices will receive over-the-air security updates on a monthly basis.
Meanwhile, Samsung has announced that it too will be releasing security updates “regularly about once per month.”
“With the recent security issues, we have been rethinking the approach to getting security updates to our devices in a more timely manner. Since software is constantly exploited in new ways, developing a fast response process to deliver security patches to our devices is critical to keep them protected,” said Dong Jin Koh, an executive vice president at Samsung. “We believe that this new process will vastly improve the security of our devices and will aim to provide the best mobile experience possible for our users.”
So, good news. A patch for Stagefright is on its way, as well as the integer overflow bug in Android’s media server service that can “render a phone apparently dead – silent, unable to make calls, with a lifeless screen.”
The announcements haven’t come a minute too soon, as researchers prepared to demonstrate the Stagefright vulnerability to the world at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
For too long many Android users have been treated appallingly, left to fend for themselves with no access to security patches to protect their smartphones and personal data.
Let’s hope that this new momentum to keep users updated shows some real results, and helps defend Android users against increasingly hostile attacks.
Google, Samsung and other Android phone manufactures and service providers… we are watching you. Don’t let us down.

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