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The Serbian government exploited Qualcomm zero-days to unlock and infect Android devices with a new spyware named 'NoviSpy,' and used it to spy on activists, journalists, and protestors.

The spyware was discovered by Amnesty International's Security Lab on a journalist's phone after police returned it. Google's TAG (Threat Analysis Group) received kernel panic logs generated by exploits & worked backwards to identify SIX Vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's (DSP driver) adsprpc driver, used in millions of Android devices.

While Google is unsure about which vulnerabilities are leveraged by NoviSpy, the evidence suggests that the spyware employs an exploit chain to bypass Android security mechanisms and install itself persistently at the kernel level.

Qualcomm has not released a patch for CVE-2024-49848, despite Google having reported the issue to them 145 days back.

Google also noted that Qualcomm delayed patching CVE-2024-49848 and CVE-2024-21455 over the industry-standard period of 90 days.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-android-novispy-spyware-linked-to-qualcomm-zero-day-bugs/

Qualcomm wins licensing fight with Arm over chip designs
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RIP x86S, Intel terminates the initiative to debloat x86 instruction set
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Intel originally announced its intentions to de-bloat the x86 instruction set by developing a simplified 64-bit mode-only x86S version, publishing a draft specification in May 2023, and then updating it to a 1.2 revision in June of this year. But now, Intel is no longer working on the x86S specification, thus putting an end to the quest.

The decision comes after Intel announced the formation of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group, which brings together Intel, AMD, Google, and numerous other industry stalwarts to define the future of the x86 instruction set.

Intel also has other future-looking x86 initiatives underway, such as its Flexible Return and Event Delivery (FRED) and the new AVX10 spec. Intel has confirmed that those initiatives are still underway.

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UPDATE: The offer seems to be for everyone in all countries i guess. The above screenshot is from a UK account. Go and check your playstore to claim the offer

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Ransomware payloads often skip over executable files to save on time and performance.

Replace every file extension on your computer with .exe, .dll, or .sys to prevent ransomware attacks.

Mi 11 Ultra 😍

Apple finally explains how to pause a video recording to iPhone users on iOS 18 through their official tiktok account. For those wondering, its been done because iPhone users can now finally pause a video recording after waiting for past 18 years .

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dudes steals a South Korean government Xitter profile and tweets "north korea is best korea". thats diabolical stuff

Google has had many days to ban him

And he decides today that in Spain it is Fool's Day

And chiteroman lives in Spain

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For those who are still considering it as a prank, tomorrow it will become clear enough to them.