Qualcomm patches critical security flaw impacting 46 of its chipsets used in Android devices that could let attackers retrieve private data and encryption keys
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @jeffvanderstoep and @privacydigest Tweets: Jeff Vander Stoep / @jeffvanderstoep : “To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need root access on a device, but this isn't actually such a big hurdle as it sounds because malware that can gain root access on Android devices is quite common these days.”🤦♂️ Citation needed. http://www.zdnet.com/... @privacydigest : Security flaw lets attackers recover private keys from Qualcomm chips | ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/... > Firmware patches have been released earlier this month, 46 Qualcomm chipsets impacted. >> With Android's terrible update record, that's a lot of exposed phones