Opening a single image in PNG format may be enough for your Android phone to be compromised by hackers, and that’s regardless of how tech-savvy you might be. That’s because a vulnerability in Android from versions 7.0 to 9.0 will allow hackers to run code on your smartphone or tablet after you’ve looked at the image. And you’d have no way of knowing you’ve been targeted.
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Hackers can compromise your Android phone with a single image file originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 10:31:48 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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