CVE-2016-6741

CVE-2016-6741 is an elevation-of-privilege in the Qualcomm camera driver on Android prior to 2016-11-05. A local malicious app could execute arbitrary code in the kernel context. Affected devices in the public tables include Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and related devices (Android One, Pixel family). The...

NSA-Approved Samsung Knox Stores PIN in Cleartext

A security researcher has tossed a giant bucket of ice water on Samsung’s thumbs up from the NSA approving use of certain Galaxy devices within in the agency. The NSA’s blessing, given under the agency’s Commercial Solutions for Classified Program, meant that the Samsung Galaxy 4, 5 and Galaxy No...