DDoS attacks are plant via Nexus smartphones SM - Nexus smartphones could be blocked by DDoS attacks via SMS to the point of freezing, restarting or losing network. It would be enough to send SMS thirty so-called " Class 0 " for malfunctions happen without the user can not find traces of her attacker simultaneously.
According to Bogdan Alecu, a security researcher from the Dutch firm Levi9 cited by PCWorld, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and 5 with Android Jelly Bean and KitKat suffer from a vulnerability that could cause reboots, crashes or the loss of network. To achieve this, the method shows that DDoS attacks, ie sending a multitude of simultaneous connections on an IP address to saturate. In this case, in the case of Nexus, it would be enough to send along a thirty SMS of a particular type to generate malfunctions.
These SMS are "Class 0". They appear as normal SMS, but when the user consults, they will automatically disappear from the cell and leave no trace. It is therefore impossible to know who is the sender of these messages. There is a little over a year, cases of nuisance through SMS class 0 had already been identified for the iPhone, but today, this same technique could be used to cause the crash without leaving Nexus provided trace.
The researcher has already informed long Google this vulnerability. The editor should update Android 4.3 accordingly, has not done anything.
According to Bogdan Alecu, a security researcher from the Dutch firm Levi9 cited by PCWorld, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and 5 with Android Jelly Bean and KitKat suffer from a vulnerability that could cause reboots, crashes or the loss of network. To achieve this, the method shows that DDoS attacks, ie sending a multitude of simultaneous connections on an IP address to saturate. In this case, in the case of Nexus, it would be enough to send along a thirty SMS of a particular type to generate malfunctions.
The researcher has already informed long Google this vulnerability. The editor should update Android 4.3 accordingly, has not done anything.