Over the weekend, researchers from the Cyber Security firm Check Point released a report on a new vulnerability. This report exposed some very risky vulnerabilities within the Qualcomm chipsets used in an estimated 900 million Android smartphones and tablets. This is roughly equivalent to 65 percent of the global 4G/LTE chipset market as of 2015. There are a total of four different flaws within the chipset that when exploited by an attacker will allow them to gain control of your device. This allows the attacker to steal any data the device may store. These vulnerabilities are being named for the time being “QuadRooter.” Check Point has alerted both Qualcomm and Google to these… Read More
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