Over 40% Smartphones at Risk Due Security Issues on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Chipsets

Hackers also gain the ability to render the mobile phone constantly unresponsive making all the information stored on this phone permanently unavailable which is simply a targeted denial-of-service attack. On top of that, this chipset flaw also allows attackers to use malware and other malicious code to completely hide their activities and become unremovable.

Notably, Qualcomm has patched the six identified security flaws however, the fix isn’t that simple. The only way the security patches can reach devices is through mobile vendors who need to implement and deploy them to their users. Until and unless the security fix reaches your device, you could very well be vulnerable to these attacks.

“We decided to publish this blog to raise awareness to these issues. We have also updated relevant government officials, and relevant mobile vendors we have collaborated with on this research to assist them in making their handsets safer. The full research details were revealed to these stakeholders,” Check Point explained in a research report.