Four vulnerabilities put 900 million Android handsets at risk of attack
Check Point warns of QuadRooter flaws SECURITY RESEARCHERS at Check Point have found four Android vulnerabilities dubbed QuadRooter that affect 900 million devices, or basically any device using a Qualcomm chipset. The firm announced the four troublemakers at Defcon, which is the kind of place where they do the kind of things that people don't usually want to talk about. Check Point has plenty to say about QuadRooter and a handy list of the affected phones by model and manufacturer. They in..>> view originalAlien hunters are fixated on a mysterious star, which refuses to reveal its secrets
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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