Google spotted 18 Zero-Day flaws in Samsung Exynos chips

If you own an Android smartphone from brands like Samsung, Pixel or Vivo, then your device could be severely compromised. People with bad intentions could take control of the device just by knowing your phone number, suggest Google’s in-house security analysts from Project Zero.

According to a blog by Project Zero, hackers can gain access to select smartphones from Samsung, Vivo and in-house Pixel smartphones that have as many as 18 0-day vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are linked to devices with the Samsung-made Exynos chip; precisely the modem which allows hackers to do remote code execution.