"Qualcomm Bugs Open 40 Percent of Android Handsets to Attack"

Researchers have found six serious bugs in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile chipset.  The six bugs impact up to 40 percent of Android phones in use.  The flaws open up handsets made by Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, and OnePlus to DoS and escalation-of-privileges attacks, which would ultimately give hackers control of targeted handsets.  The DSP flaws discovered can be used by adversaries to harvest photos, videos, call recordings, real-time microphone data, GPS, and location data. A hacker could also cripple a targeted phone or implant malware that would go undetected.

Threatpost reports "Qualcomm Bugs Open 40 Percent of Android Handsets to Attack"