Stagefright is one of the worst vulnerabilities discovered in android till now, and what makes it even worst is that it affects all the android devices that come with android 2.2 (Froyo) and above, irrespective of the brand, or the custom GUI by the companies themselves.
this attack can be triggered through any messaging software, such as the native messages, and even through WhatsApp. The attack is usually through a MMS delivered to your device, and in some of the cases the user cant even know if he has been attacked, since once the attacker gains access to the device, the targeting message can be deleted.
a security company Zimperium announced in July this year that it had discovered a master bug or vulnerability inside the android operating system itself.
Google has released a mega patch that can be applied to all devices and can be delivered via OTA update to the phones. the total affected users are estimated to be 950 million by google.
one of the easiest way to stop this hack is to disable auto-download of media in all of the messaging applications, write to me in comments if you need help with that.
google has released two patches for the MEGABUG till now but still a lot of devices are vulnerable to this attack.
