If you own a smartphone, chances are it's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon System-on-Chip (SoC), and the bad news is experts at
Trend Micro, in a blog post, have warned users of a serious security flaw in them. According to Trend Micro, the security flaw leaves malicious programs free to access the inner workings of devices, which could prove disastrous.
"These vulnerabilities have now been fixed by Google; we reported these problems to them privately to allow a patch to be created and distributed to the public. However, given the fragmented nature of vulnerability patching in the mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) space, many users will not be able to receive the needed security update and may continue to be at risk of, among others things, information exposure, [sic]" reads the blog post.
