New malware thread

[athgen1]

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sms-exploitable

Will this be covered in a soonbto be released update?

[MI5]

This is the reason why android delivers monthly updates.

[athgen1]

Andriod does but do 02 do the same?

[Anonymous]

O2 release them as and when they can. I've not seen a difference. A few days maybe

[MI5]

They say they push the important ones.

[madasaf1sh]

Its upto the Manufacturer to create the security updates for their devices and push these to handsets so far one of the only manufacturers to commit to the monthly security cycles is Blackberry.

These are not the responsibilty of the network operator

[athgen1]

I understand that they are the phone makers responsibility, but I was asking if they publish, do 02. Others have said that 02 do so for important bugs; so the questions are, is this important enough and if so when?

[MI5]

We couldn't answer that as just customers like yourself.
@Chris_K is the only one from o2 on here who would know.

[Chris_K · Accepted solution]

I don't have any details at the moment related specifically to this exploit but I will mention that we do treat security updates seriously and aim to have a quick turnaround when they are sent to us by the vendor

[athgen1]

Chris

Thank you