Is your smartphone secure? Federal regulators want to know

Do smartphone makers and wireless carriers fix security bugs and other vulnerabilities fast enough? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) want the largest smartphone manufacturers, software developers, and wireless carriers in the United States to answer this question.

The federal regulators both issued statements Monday requiring the 12 companies to explain how they issue updates to address security vulnerabilities, as questions linger about how a security flaw in Google Android's Stagefright multimedia playback engine were resolved....
http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/0510/Is-your-smartphone-secure-Federal-regulators-want-to-know