CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES FOUND IN ALL QUALCOMM CHIPSETS. HACKING IPHONE AND ANDROID DEVICES BECAME MUCH EASIER

Months ago, Zimperium hacking course experts reported two kernel vulnerabilities present on all Android devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Exploiting these flaws, in conjunction with other previously discovered security issues, allowed hackers to use malicious apps to access root user permissions on the affected device.

Through this attack the threat actors were able to deploy various malicious activities such as:

• Read sensitive data stored on your device, including photos, videos, text messages (even in apps like WhatsApp and Telegram), emails, and almost any other resource stored on your device
• Access to all login credentials for any installed application
• Recording audio and video, activating the user’s camera and microphone without their consent

The vulnerabilities were identified as CVE-2019-14040 and CVE-2019-14041. Below are some technical details about these flaws and their potential consequences.  To get started, the hacking course specialists specify what each flaw consists of:

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