Qualcomm

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2016
900M+ Android users exposed to hack due to Qualcomm Quadrooter flaws

Experts from Checkpoint have found four major vulnerabilities dubbed Quadrooter in Qualcomm chips that expose more than 900M Android users to hack. Security experts from the security firm Checkpoint have found four major vulnerabilities, dubbed Quadrooter, in the firmware running on the in the Qualcomm chips that equip modern Android devices. The Quadrooter flaws could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2016
Three-quarters of Android devices affected by the Qualcomm software flaw

Mandiant – FireEye has disclosed the details of a serious information disclosure vulnerability affecting one of the Qualcomm software package widely used. Security researchers from the Mandiant firm have discovered a “high severity” vulnerability in the Qualcomm tethering controller (CVE-2016-2060) that could be exploited by a malicious application to access user information. Recently Google released an Android update that addresses […]