Qualcomm's broken kernel code is the tip of the iceberg
If you've got a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip in your Android phone and tablet, make sure you grab its latest security updates – if you can. And if you can't, well, get used to it: the Internet of Things is going to bring more and more un-patchable and insecure electronics onto the market, it's feared. Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered severe programming blunders in Qualcomm's kernel-level Snapdragon code that can be exploited by a bad app to root the device. In other words, code installed...