#qualcomm

anonymiss@despora.de

#Hackers could #spy on cell #phone users by abusing #5G baseband flaws, researchers say

source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/07/hackers-could-spy-on-cellphone-users-by-abusing-5g-baseband-flaws-researchers-say/

Using a custom-made analysis tool they called #5GBaseChecker, the researchers uncovered #baseband vulnerabilities made by #Samsung, #MediaTek, and #Qualcomm, which are used in phones made by #Google, #OPPO, #OnePlus, #Motorola, and Samsung.

#security #smartphone #technology #communication #privacy #surveillance #hack #hacker #bug #software #problem #news

anonymiss@despora.de

#Qualcomm warns of extensive #security #vulnerabilities in drivers for its chips ...

source: https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/october-2023-bulletin.html

Please contact the device #manufacturer for information on the #patching status of released devices.

Thanks for this useless hint, because the vast majority of older #Android devices never receive a #patch.


#software #bug #danger #warning #problem #fail #news #smartphone #wifi

anonymiss@despora.de

Smartphones With Popular #Qualcomm Chip Secretly Share Private Information With US Chip-Maker

Source: https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker

Investigating this further we can see that the packages are sent via the HTTP protocol and are not encrypted using HTTPS, SSL or TLS. That means that anyone else on the network, including hackers, #government agencies, network administrators, telecom operators, local and foreign can easily spy on us by collecting this data, store them, and establish a record history using the phone’s unique ID and serial number Qualcomm is sending over to their mysteriously called Izat Cloud.

#privacy #security #surveillance #tracking #problem #internet #firmware #fail #software #economy #news

schestowitz@joindiaspora.com

#microsoft liar and media operative Rob Enderle: "Snapdragon 8 Suggests the End of PCs and Smartphones as We Know Them". No, liar, #Qualcomm does NOT control the whole computer industry, even if your handlers at Microsoft want to pretend they STILL command the market. The criminals from Microsoft have taken media subversion to new levels...