Qualcomm chipsets

Kaspersky discovers vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chips that can lead to data loss & device compromise

Kaspersky ICS CERT discovered a hardware-level vulnerability affecting Qualcomm chipsets that are widely used in a range of consumer and industrial devices, including smartphones and tablets, car components, IoT devices and more. The vulnerability resides in the BootROM – firmware embedded at the hardware level. Attackers could potentially get access to any data stored on the device or device sensors…