Android's "dirty USSD" exploit allows hackers to wipe your entire phone, and all you have to do is click the wrong link. Here's how it works, and how you can protect yourself.

Android user worried about your phone being wiped via USSD vulnerability? ESET USSD Control is a free app now available from Google Play to protect your Android phone from this type of attack.

A pair of Android vulnerabilities in ever version prior to KitKat could give an attacker the ability to make and end phone calls and send USSD codes using a malicious application.

“The ESET USSD Control application allows users to check potentially malicious phone numbers (USSD codes) before they are dialed by the default phone dialer and can block malicious websites, which ...

ANDROID phones have secret codes which can fast-track features. Most users are completely unaware. These codes can help improve the device’s security, backup media files before a factory rese… ...

ESET USSD Control will block malicious websites that use malicious USSD codes as well. Checking for malicious codes before they are executed, ESET USSD Control makes sure all data on an Android ...

The most codes work on Android phones but some of them even work on Apple iPhones. How to use USSD codes on my Android First open up the device's dialler, where you make phone calls.

It turns out that the "Dirty USSD" vulnerability demonstrated yesterday on Samsung devices affects all Android devices running anything below Android 4.1.x aka Jelly Bean.

In addition to the factory reset codes, some other codes can also be dangerous. During his presentation, Borgaonkar mentioned that the same attack can be used to “kill” SIM cards.