From: monty@roscom.com   
      
   Snapdragon chip flaws put >1 billion Android phones at risk of data   
   theft   
      
   There's no word on when Google and phone makers will incorporate fix   
   from Qualcomm.   
      
   A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can   
   turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400   
   vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip, researchers reported   
   this week.   
      
   The vulnerabilities can be exploited when a target downloads a video   
   or other content that's rendered by the chip. Targets can also be   
   attacked by installing malicious apps that require no permissions at   
   all.   
      
   >From there, attackers can monitor locations and listen to nearby   
   audio in real time and exfiltrate photos and videos. Exploits also   
   make it possible to render the phone completely unresponsive.   
   Infections can be hidden from the operating system in a way that makes   
   disinfecting difficult.   
      
   ...   
      
   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/snapdrago   
   -chip-flaws-put-1-billion-android-phones-at-risk-of-data-theft/   
      
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