Who Got Hacked This Week? April 8 Edition

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Who Got Hacked This Week? April 8 Edition, slide 5

Smartphones with Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Over-the-Air

Smartphones and gadgets running iOS and Android from multiple manufacturers are vulnerable to over-the-air hijacking.

If the device has a Broadcom Wi-Fi chip, then an attacker within the same Wi-Fi network could remotely execute malicious code on the Broadcom Wi-Fi SoC.

The vulnerability, described as the stack buffer overflow issue, affects all devices using Broadcom’s Wi-Fi stack.

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