Billion Android phones could be vulnerable to 400 Achilles

Billion Android phones could be vulnerable to 400 Achilles

CodeDudle August 12, 2020

More than a Billion Android phones could be vulnerable to 400 'Achilles' vulnerability that allows hackers to turn their handsets into testing tools

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Security experts have detected 400 accidents, called 'Achilles' on Androids

Investigators say the defects were found on Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips

Users only need to download a specific program and hackers cannot access the phone

Security investigators warn more than a million Android phones at risk of becoming a spy tool for hackers.


The team received 400 crashes on Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, which are popular on Smartphones.


Errors, compiled called 'Achilles', allow cybercriminals to access photos, videos, location data and other sensitive information on the handset.

First discovered by the firm Check, experts say users only need to install what looks like a ridiculous app, but it is full of virtual malware that allows hackers to start their attacks.

Security investigators warn more than a million Android phones at risk of becoming a spy tool for hackers. The team received 400 crashes on Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, which are popular on Smartphones

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Yaniv Balmas, head of cyber research at Check Point, said: 'Don't look. You may lose all your personal information. '


'If this danger is detected and used by the perpetrators, it will find millions of phone users who have no way to protect themselves for too long.'

Check Point shared their findings with affected and affected Smart retailers, but did not post a public outcry so as not to provide opportunities for hackers.


The products of the Snapdragon system-on-a-chip can be found in the leading phone products by Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, and OnePlus.

However, iPhone users are safer for Achilles, as Apple offers its own operating systems.


Qualcomm said it spoke of risk; to release a new compiler and a new software development kit. But it is up to the phone vendors to distribute the phone parts of each phone holding the affected processor.


'For retailers, it means they will need to return every application they use, test it, and fix any issues [that may arise],' said Balmas. 'After that they will send this fix to all devices on the market.'


Snapdragon chips are used in a range of smartphones, apparel, car systems and other devices.


Electronic developers have long embraced the technology for their speed and performance capabilities, power supply, 5G support, graphics management and embedded finger learning capabilities.


However, security experts pay close attention to these digital analysts (DSPs) because of possible errors because technical indicators are often over-employed by manufacturers.


‘While DSP Chips provides an economic solution that allows phones to move users to be more efficient and able to innovate, they come at a cost,’ say researchers from Check Point province.


'These countries are finding new attacks and weak points on these mobile devices.'

'DSP Chips are at high risk of being compromised as they are classified as' Black Boxes 'because it can be very complicated for anyone other than their manufacturer to review its design, functionality or code.'


'Our research has been able to break these barriers and we have been able to focus more on the internal structure of the chip and its ease of use,' said Balmas.


'Since this study is inconclusive, it could explain why we have found so many endangered codes.'


Qualcomm said there was no evidence that the risk was found.





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