[New post] Quadrooter flaws leave 900M Android devices vulnerable to rogue app gaining total control

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Monday, 8 August 2016

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Four separate vulnerabilities in Qualcomm chips – used in 80% of Android devices – could allow a rogue app to provide an attacker with complete control of the unit, including camera and microphone. The combined flaws, dubbed Quadrooter, were discov" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Quadrooter flaws leave 900M Android devices vulnerable to rogue app gaining total control by Ben Lovejoy Four separate vulnerabilities in Qualcomm chips – used in 80% of Android devices – could allow a rogue app to provide an attacker with complete control of the unit, including camera and microphone. The combined flaws, dubbed Quadrooter, were discovered by CheckPoint researcher Adam Donenfeld, and presented yesterday at the Def Con 24 hacking conference […] Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | August 8, 2016 at 4:41 am | Categories: Google Corporate | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-CGv Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/08/08/quadrooter-android-qualcomm-chips/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com