Dubbed 'Strandhogg 2.0,' the new vulnerability affects all Android devices, except those running the latest version, Android Q / 10, of the mobile operating system—which, unfortunately, is running on only 15-20% of the total Android-powered devices, leaving billions of rest of the smartphones vulnerable to the attackers. However, unlike StrandHogg 1.0 that can only attack apps one at a time, the latest flaw could let attackers "dynamically attack nearly any app on a given device simultaneously at the touch of a button," all without requiring a pre-configuration for each targeted app |
Security researchers responsibly reported the new vulnerability to Google in December last year. After that, Google prepared a patch and shared it with smartphone manufacturing companies in April 2020, who have now started rolling out software updates to their respective users from this month. |
