{"id":24681,"date":"2012-09-28T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T08:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=24681"},"modified":"2012-09-28T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T08:16:31","slug":"bitdefender-provides-free-tool-to-protect-android-users-from-remote-wipe-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24681","title":{"rendered":"Bitdefender Provides Free Tool to Protect Android Users from Remote Wipe Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Bitdefender Wipe Stopper heads off remote USSD attacks<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2013<strong> September 28, 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Bitdefender, the internet security innovator, has released a free tool to prevent attackers from remotely wiping your Android device or causing other damage through the recently discovered USSD vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Bitdefender has discovered the vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely run USSD commands on an Android phone. This is through a fault in the dialler which has highlighted that hundreds of thousands of Android users worldwide are at risk of massive, sudden data loss. Publicity surrounding the vulnerability greatly increases the likelihood of an attack, as exploiting the vulnerability requires little technical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Bitdefender Wipe Stopper, now available for free on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bitdefender.ussdstopper\">Google Play<\/a>, notifies Android users of any attempt to run a USSD command on their device, allowing them to prevent their phones from executing the malicious commands.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u201cThe moment the vulnerability came to light, Bitdefender set some of the best minds in the industry to working,\u201d said Bitdefender Chief Security Researcher Alexandru Balan. \u201cWe came up with the best solution available \u2013 Bitdefender Wipe Stopper. It\u2019s free, so we recommend pretty much every Android owner use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more details on the vulnerability, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotforsecurity.com\/blog\/bitdefender-wipe-stopper-prevents-remote-ussd-attack-on-androids-3657.html\">http:\/\/www.hotforsecurity.com\/blog\/bitdefender-wipe-stopper-prevents-remote-ussd-attack-on-androids-3657.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitdefender Wipe Stopper heads off remote USSD attacks\u00a0 SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND \u2013 September 28, 2012 \u2013 Bitdefender, the internet security innovator, has released a free tool to prevent attackers from remotely wiping your Android device or causing other damage through the recently discovered USSD vulnerability. Bitdefender has discovered the vulnerability that would allow an attacker<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24681\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-news","category-software-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24702,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24681\/revisions\/24702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}