Save Your Android Smartphone, Don't Open Any PNG Image.

Google has released the detail about the new vulnerability that could very easily exploit your android smartphone by just opening a maliciously crafted PNG image file. Google has reported a serious bug and vulnerability that could allow the device to be compromised completely by just opening the PNG image file. While the good news is that Google has already shared the details of the bug with the manufacturers across the globe who are using the android software and at the same time Google has released the latest February security update for its pixel smartphones. But the bad news is still a large number of android smartphones are affected with this serious bug waiting for an update through their respective company.

Till now, no reports of the vulnerability exploited so far have been recorded. But it surely put the smartphone manufacturer company on alert level so that they can release the patch as soon as possible. This isn't the first time PNG image file has been used to exploit the device, in past reference also such cases have been noted.

So what to do? All you can do is not open any email or PNG file received from the suspicious source or unknown person. Because once you open the PNG file the harmful code gets executed in the background without the users knowledge and it provides the attackers high level privilege to further ado. 

Till next time, stay safe, stay connected and stay updated.