Help Stagefright

[Android Question]

What is Stagefright and how are we supposed to deal with it?

 

[kate]

Stagefright is a vulnerability in Android that lets someone gain access to your phone by sending you an infected MMS. Some phones have received patches to fix it, and some Messaging apps have released updates to prevent it.

Explanation of Stagefright:
http://fortune.com/2015/07/28/stagefright-google-android-security/

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagefright_(bug)

Stagefright detection app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.stagefrightdetector

 

[scary alien]

Our page here at AF re. this:

http://androidforums.com/threads/stagefright-vulnerability-disable-mms-auto-download.932588/​

Cheers!