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Dark Reading
The chipmakers patched bugs, mostly critical and high severity, that affect everything from smartphones to TVs to artificial intelligence platforms.
The Register
Manufacturers should have had ample time to apply the fixes MediaTek kicked off the first full working week of the new year by disclosing a bevy of security vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution bug affecting 51 chipsets.…
Dark Reading
Critical-rated CVE-2024-20017 allows remote code execution (RCE) on a range of phones and Wi-Fi access points from a variety of OEMs.
Bleeping Computer
A new set of vulnerabilities in 5G modems by Qualcomm and MediaTek, collectively called "5Ghoul," impact 710 5G smartphone models from Google partners (Android) and Apple, routers, and USB modems. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Multiple platform certificates used by Android OEM device vendors to digitally sign core system applications were utilized by threat actors to sign apps containing malware. [...]
The Hacker News
Security flaws have been identified in Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Redmi Note 11 models, which could be exploited to disable the mobile payment mechanism and even forge transactions via a rogue Android app installed on the devices. Check Point said it found the flaws in devices powered by MediaTek chipsets during a security analysis of the Chinese handset maker's "Kinibi" Trusted Execution
Bleeping Computer
Security analysts have found weaknesses in the implementation of the trusted execution environment (TEE) in MediaTek-powered Xiaomi smartphones, which could enable third-party unprivileged apps to disable the payment system or forge payments. [...]
Check Point Research
Research By: Slava Makkaveev Introduction Taiwan’s MediaTek has been the global smartphone chip leader since Q3 2020. MediaTek Systems on a chip (SoCs) are embedded in approximately 37% of all smartphones and IoT devices in the world, including high-end phones from Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme, Vivo and more. Modern MediaTek SoCs, including the latest Dimensity series,... Click to Read More The post Looking for vulnerabilities in MediaTek audio DSP appeared first on Check Point Research.
The Hacker News
Low-cost Android smartphones have been shipped with malicious software baked into the device firmware, allowing bad actors to covertly install apps, conduct ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. The activity, which targets Android devices built on MediaTek platforms across several brands, is being tracked by Bitdefender under the moniker Midnight Mimosa. The preinstalled
The Register
OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed Compromised Android platform certificate keys from device makers including Samsung, LG and Mediatek are being used to sign malware and deploy spyware, among other software nasties.…