{"id":5105,"date":"2016-10-25T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T21:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:44:14","slug":"drammer-attack-threatens-millions-android-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/drammer-attack-threatens-millions-android-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Drammer Attack Threatens Millions of Android Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has recently discovered a new security threat that could leave your Android device exposed to hackers. Much like the Linux-based attack known as Rowhammer, Drammer<\/strong> is a particularly pernicious form of malware that allows hackers to gain full access to your phone by first targeting a specific memory chip. Because of this security loophole, all PSafe users who have downloaded apps recently should click below immediately to remove threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFor the most part, the attack is transmitted through an app that contains harmful code. Once the app is downloaded, it can repeatedly activate a specific row of memory chip transistors to cause a bit flip (a switch of states from 1 to 0 and\/or 0 to 1). Since all data is written in binaries, having the ability to change values for stored information is the equivalent of successfully picking a lock. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Emilio Simoni, PSafe\u2019s Security Manager, checking the app permissions before downloading them does not work, because the malware does not need any permission to perform this kind of attack. “We strongly advise users to download apps only in Google Play, and check if the app is well recommended,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

With PSafe Total\u2019s Quick AV Scan active and running, any threats to your phone will be immediately detected and removed. Click below to check if <\/span><\/p>\n

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Check your phone to make sure this widespread attack hasn\u2019t harmed you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2663,2895,174,3344,3063,2361,3341,2050,249,1359],"class_list":["post-5105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-android-security","tag-android-threats","tag-attack","tag-bug","tag-cyber-attacks","tag-digital-security","tag-drammer","tag-personal-security","tag-security","tag-threats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}