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Broadcom chip flaw put one billion mobile phones at risk
ITProPortal … which could have allowed malicious actors to potentially attack a billion Android or iOS devices. Fortunately, the vulnerability, which was demonstrated at the recently held Black Hat conference by security researcher Nitay Artenstein, has now been … |
Ars Technica UK |
Broadcom chip bug opened 1 billion phones to a Wi-Fi-hopping worm attack
Ars Technica UK But that's just what Nitay Artenstein of Exodus Intelligence did in a feat that affected both iOS and Android devices. At the Black Hat security conference, Artenstein demonstrated proof-of-concept attack code that exploited a vulnerability in Wi-Fi … |
Android Headlines |
Remote Vulnerability In Broadcom Wi-Fi Chips Discovered
Android Headlines The vulnerability was dubbed Broadpwn and it works by exploiting a number of flaws in the Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom. The good news is that the vulnerability has been patched with the release of the July security update for Android OS, and … |
Broadcom today announced that it is “exploring strategic alternatives for its cellular baseband business, including a potential sale or wind-down.” Exiting the market will save the company $ 700 million a year in research and development, sales, administrative expenses, and other costs, Broadcom said.
Broadcom said it will use $ 50 million of the annual savings for “projects in the Broadband, Infrastructure, and Connectivity businesses. This incremental spending is currently expected to strengthen and accelerate the company’s plans in the area of small cells, embedded processing and low-power connectivity.”
Baseband processors provide cellular connectivity for mobile phones and other devices. Broadcom has been less successful with basebands than with its Wi-Fi technology. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S5 uses a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip but relies on a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for LTE baseband support.
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