400 Vulnerabilities Found In Snapdragon Processors

Cyber security
experts have detected nearly 400 vulnerabilities in smartphones powered by
Snapdragon processors.
Snapdragon processors that
power millions of smartphones around the world today are manufactured
by US-based Qualcomm.
The new research reveals
how dangerous these processors, which are often encountered in android
smartphones, can be.
According to security
experts, these processors have around 400 weak spots and the vulnerabilities
threaten 40 percent of android phones worldwide.
Thanks to hundreds of
vulnerabilities in the codes of Snapdragon processors, cyber spies can access
the video and audio inputs of the phones and record the screen of the users.
In addition, sensitive data
such as banking information can also fall into the hands of malicious people
thanks to these vulnerabilities.
Hackers can exploit
hundreds of vulnerabilities to disconnect phones, such as Wi-Fi or cellular
data, and make phones completely unusable.
Technology companies, on
the other hand, have to take intensive measures to avoid such
vulnerabilities. Qualcomm has taken an important step to close the gaps in
potentially dangerous situations by introducing the remote update feature to
the latest processor models.
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