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New bugs leave millions of phones vulnerable to hackers

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-08-08 19:43:59
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey

Phones used by major carriers have underlying flaws giving hackers the ability “to escalate privileges and take over the device.”

Source: https://www.fifthdomain.com/show-reporters/black-hat/2018/08/07/manufacturing-bugs-allow-millions-of-phones-to-be-taken-over-dhs-project-to-announce/ [fifthdomain.com]

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