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New Android bug could leave millions of devices vulnerable

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New Android bug could leave millions of devices vulnerable
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The BBC announced today that millions of Android devices could be affected by a serious security flaw that can give malicious attackers full access to a phone's data.

The bugs were discovered by Checkpoint researchers who were looking at the software running on chipsets by US firm Qualcomm. Apparently these processors are found in approximately 900 million Android phones, so it's kind of a big deal.

Michael Shaulov, head of mobility product management at Checkpoint, said in the report that "it's a race as to who finds the bug first, whether it's the good guys or the bad." He also states further that Qualcomm has immediately jumped on the issue and has started creating patches for the bugs and calls for anyone with an affected device to call up whoever sold it to them and "beg them for patches" if they haven't been installed already.

Checkpoint has created a free app, QuadRooter Scanner, to check if your phone is vulnerable to any of the bugs.

The affected devices include:

  • BlackBerry Priv and Dtek50
  • Blackphone 1 and Blackphone 2
  • Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P
  • HTC One, HTC M9 and HTC 10
  • LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10
  • New Moto X by Motorola
  • OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3
  • US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge
  • Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Emily Sowden
Emily Sowden
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