CPR analysts have found a vulnerability that allows hacking Adndroid-smartphones through media files
An Android device has been hacked using an audio codec. This is reported by BleepingComputer.
Journalists refer to a report by the research firm Check Point Research, according to which some Android smartphones were vulnerable to remote hacking. The attackers exploited a bug in the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), which is designed to losslessly compress music media files. It allowed remote malicious code to run on smartphones based on Qualcomm and MediaTek processors.
According to CPR, the vulnerability found allowed an attacker to execute code on the target device by sending a malicious audio file and tricking the user into opening it. This type of hacker attack is called ALHACK. With it, you can change the phone settings and access the microphone and camera of the device.
The vulnerability was patched by MediaTek and Qualcomm engineers in December 2021. “We encourage end users to update their devices as security updates become available,” CPR said.
Earlier, Atlas VPN service specialists said that in six months the number of attacks on the iPhone increased by 467 percent. At the same time, security specialists most often encountered vulnerabilities in Google and Microsoft products and devices.
Source: Lenta
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