Friday, February 6, 2015

BlackPhone Text Message Security flaw!!

Fully secured BlackPhone is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability due to an error in the SilentText secure messaging application. The flaw is quite critical as it allows intruders to decrypt messages, read contact information, collect location data and even execute malicious code on the phone. Security researcher Mark Dowd from Azimuth Security has identified this flaw that targets SilentText. Company has responded promptly and released the patch so that users can update the firmware to avoid any mishap. <more>

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