The mobile operating system Android is the most used worldwide. However, this system has shown some weaknesses, as well as others, and often are discovered fault always affect millions of devices.
A few hours ago, Check Point ( largest specialized manufacturer worldwide security) released details on a new set of failures affecting Android devices that use SoCs Qualcomm.
it was on their official website that Check Point revealed that there are four vulnerabilities affecting more than 900 million Androids devices.
QuadRooter was the name chosen to designate these four vulnerabilities affecting Android smartphones and tablets, which use Qualcomm SoCs. In practice, the affected devices can be totally controlled by attackers, and these access data, control the camera, microphone, etc.
To be able to control a machine, the attacker only has to get the user to install an app with malicious software and that, unlike other attacks, or require “special permission”.
Some of the equipment recent having SoC Qualcomm:
- BlackBerry Priv
- blackphone 1 eBlackphone 2
- Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P
- HTC One, HTC M9 and HTC 10
- LG G4 LG G5, and LG V10
- New Moto X Motorola
- OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3
- Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge
- Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Until the recent BlackBerry DTEK50, the company christened being the “most Android market insurance”, is also vulnerable.
to help users detect whether your equipment is vulnerable, Check Point has launched an application in the Play Store that evaluates the equipment and alerts if users are exposed to QuadRooter.
according to some information from a member of Google, a fix for this problem should not come before September. It is also known that Qualcomm has already made the corrections of all vulnerabilities between late April and early July and has already sent to partners, customers and the open source community, to be incorporated in future updates.
QuadRooter
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