Researchers from Check Point have discovered 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip - a chip used in over 40% of the world’s phones. Researchers from Check Point have discovered 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip - a chip used in over 40% of the world’s phones. These vulnerabilities could allow hackers to spy on your photos, videos, calls and GPS data. To exploit the vulnerabilities, hackers would simply need to persuade the phone owner to install an app, according to the researchers. Yaniv Balmas, Head of Cyber Research at Check Point, said: “Hundreds of millions of phones are exposed to this security risk.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2020 08:37 UTC