FCC takes initiative to Speed Up Mobile Security Updates

In Brief
The Smartphone users are fed up with slow security updates, so two United States federal agencies have launched an official inquiry to know how manufacturers and carriers deal with mobile phone security updates and what they are doing to roll out patches as quickly as possible.

The Smartphone patch update mechanism is broken, and someone has to fix it.

Most smartphone models are

Samsung Get Sued for Failing to Update its Smartphones

One of the world's largest smartphone makers is being sued by the Dutch Consumers' Association (DCA) for its lack in providing timely software updates to its Android smartphones.



This doesn't surprise me, though.



The majority of manufacturers fail to deliver software updates for old devices for years.



However, the consumer protection watchdog in The Netherlands, The Dutch

Stagefright Bug 2.0 — One Billion Android SmartPhones Vulnerable to Hacking

Attention Android users!



More than 1 Billion Android devices are vulnerable to hackers once again – Thanks to newly disclosed two new Android Stagefright vulnerabilities.



Yes, Android Stagefright bug is Back…



…and this time, the flaw allows an attacker to hack Android smartphones just by tricking users into visiting a website that contains a malicious multimedia file, either MP3 or