Smartphone bootloader firmware should be secure even if the operating system is compromised. But researchers have found five flaws in major chipset vendors' code that leave the process vulnerable. The ...
A researcher has found a backdoor, which he calls Pork Explosion, in an Android bootloader built by Foxconn. A leftover factory debugger in Android firmware made by Taiwanese electronics manufacturer ...
Android bootloader components from five major chipset vendors are affected by vulnerabilities that break the CoT (Chain of Trust) during the boot-up sequence, opening devices to attacks. The ...