SMS-based attack can reset, freeze Nexus-series phones

Most of the attack vectors we deal with when we’re talking about Android security are easy enough to avoid: don’t sideload apps from untrusted sources, or start clicking around links on skeevy backwater websites. But then there are those times where we learn of an attack that’s a lot more difficult to hide from, one that could hit your phone regardless of any action on your own part. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we’re looking at today, upon the announcement of a new DoS ...

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