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New Vulnerabilities Affect Over 900 Million Android Devices, Enable Complete Control of Devices

posted by janrinok on Monday August 08 2016, @06:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the oops dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

QuadRooter Android vulnerabilities affect devices that are built on the Qualcomm chipset, a supplier of 80% of the chipsets in the Android ecosystem. If any one of the four vulnerabilities is exploited, an attacker can trigger privilege escalations and gain root access to a device, enabling them to change or remove system-level files, delete or add apps, and access the device's screen, camera or microphone.

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/08/08/quadrooter-android-vulnerabilities/

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  • (Score: 2) by Celestial on Monday August 08 2016, @11:46PM

    by Celestial (4891) on Monday August 08 2016, @11:46PM (#385544) Journal

    That Windows 10 Mobile actually made a dent in the mobile market. Then it would be two out of three mobile operating systems that actually gets timely software updates, and would maybe... just maybe... give Google, Samsung, LG, et al. the push it needs to actually update the software on Android smartphones once in a while. As it is now, there just is no incentive for them to do so. "Phone out of date? That'll be $600 for a new phone, please."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @11:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @11:53PM (#385549)

    As it is now, there just is no incentive for them to do so

    Because no one wants that shit on their phone.

  • (Score: 1) by claywar on Tuesday August 09 2016, @12:37AM

    by claywar (3069) on Tuesday August 09 2016, @12:37AM (#385565)

    The software is being updated, however the real issue is that vendors don't feel the need to push those updates. I agree that at certain breakpoints, old hardware should not receive functional upgrades, however security is a completely different matter.

  • (Score: 2) by joshuajon on Tuesday August 09 2016, @08:43PM

    by joshuajon (807) on Tuesday August 09 2016, @08:43PM (#385943)

    Google does update their software. Nexus phones get at least a monthly security update, and other updates periodically as well. It's the vendors that drag their feet because they don't want to have to test every update against their shitty customizations and bloatware.