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Windows Phone 7.5 susceptible to SMS hack

December 14th, 2011

  • By: Lisa Vaas
  • Filed under: Mobile, Vulnerability
  • Tagged with: attack, crash, Mango, Microsoft, Mobile Security, Naked Security, SMS, text messaging, vulnerability, windows phone, Windows Phone 7.5, WinRumors

A researcher has discovered a flaw in Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” that can crash the message center by simply receiving a malformed SMS, Tweet or Facebook message. Here’s the story.

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