Android Users: Your Phone Can Probably Be Hacked Via Wi-Fi
Not all security flaws are created equal. Some manage to go undetected for years and only surface once somebody gets creative enough to start poking holes in a system. Others are massive, zero-day vulnerabilities that threaten the security of entire product lines. This kind of bug, in particular, demands the most attention from security researchers -- who work tirelessly to hunt them down and snuff them out before they spread far enough to do any major damage. And that's just the kind of bug that researchers have found hidden in the depths of one of the most popular processors in the world. This chip is found in several bestselling Android handhelds, and if its security flaw is exploited, a hacker can take control of the phone without even needing to touch it! This bug is just the latest in a long string of security flaws and vulnerabilities that researchers have discovered in the past year. If you use an Android phone with an at-risk chip, we'll be going over how the t...