Topics Security Off-Prem On-Prem Software Offbeat Special Features Vendor Voice Vendor Voice Resources Four flaws open mobiles, cars to remote-control at baseband level with just a phone number
Google security analysts have warned Android device users that several zero-day vulnerabilities in some Samsung chipsets could allow an attacker to completely hijack and remote-control their handsets knowing just the phone number. Between late 2022 and early this year, Google's Project Zero found and reported 18 of these bugs in Samsung's Exynos cellular modem firmware, according to Tim Willis, who heads the bug-hunting team. Four of the 18 zero-day flaws can allow internet-to-baseband remote co...