06-01-2016 18:11 via

Silent Circle patches Blackphone vulnerability

A report released this morning shows that no phone is 100 percent secure -- but that one company, at least, is able to respond quickly and issue patches immediately.
An open socket on the Blackphone made its nVidia modem accessible to apps without those apps having to first get user permissions. When combined with other vulnerabilities, such as those allowing execution of remote code, this could potentially allow websites to secretly use a phone to make phone calls or send text messages.
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