Security flaws in Qualcomm’s chip put billions of Android users at risk

Over 40 per cent Android smartphones globally including the ones from Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, among others use Qualcomm chipsets. Security researchers at CheckPoint have discovered over 400 vulnerabilities Qualcomm’s chip.

The report suggests that the vulnerabilities have put three billion Android users globally at risk. The security flaws have been found in Qualcomm’s Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips.

A DSP is a system on a chip that has hardware and software designed to optimize and enable each area of use on the device itself including charging abilities like quick charge features, multimedia experiences like video, HD Capture, advanced AR abilities, and audio features.