Millions Of Android Phones Threatened By Thieves, Here’s How It Works

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia –This week, chipmaker Qualcomm confirmed that hackers launched a zero-day exploit on the chipsets used in millions of popular Android phones.

For information, a zero-day exploit is an attack that exploits a security hole in a system, before it is detected by the owner of the system.

The zero-day exploit discovered by Qualcomm affects the Snapdragon chipset embedded in old Android phones such as Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi, OnePlus, ZTE, and others.

Qualcomm said that there were 64 different chipsets affected by the exploit, including the Snapdragon flagship series. This means that millions of Android phone users around the world have the potential to become victims of data ‘theft’, quoted from TechCrunch, Thursday (10/10/2024).

However, the exploitation of the ‘CVE-2024-43047′ security hole is said to target a specific target. However, Qualcomm did not provide further details about the target in question.

The indication of targeting was obtained from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, the company’s research unit that investigates hacking threats in government.

Amnesty International Security Lab, which protects civilians from digital surveillance and spyware threats, confirmed Google’s statement, according to Qualcomm.

The US Cybersecurity Agency (CISA) has also listed Qualcomm’s vulnerability as ‘exploited’.

There is no detailed information yet about the perpetrators of the Qualcomm vulnerability exploit, along with the targets targeted and the motives of the attack.

Qualcomm spokeswoman Catherine Baker said a fix for the vulnerability in its chips has been available since September 2024. She said it is now up to Android phone manufacturers that use chipsets with the vulnerability to release patches for their device users.

SOURCE : CNBC INDONESIA