However, the case uncovered by Amnesty shows student activists being targeted using three flaws in Android's Linux kernel USB drivers. The first, CVE-2024-53104, was patched in Android this month. The ...

The report shares technical details on "a sophisticated zero-day exploit chain targeting Android USB drivers, developed by Cellebrite." Amnesty explains, "The exploit, which targeted Linux kernel USB ...

After Amnesty shared its findings with Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Google's researchers were able to pinpoint three vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel USB drivers, also used in Android ...

Specifically, we are talking about zero-day exploits in the Linux kernel USB drivers, which allows a bad actor to bypass the Lock Screen protection and gain deep-level privileged access to a phone ...

The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-53104 (CVSS score: 7.8), a case of privilege escalation in a kernel component known as the USB Video Class (UVC) driver. A patch for the flaw was released for ...

As the exploit targets core Linux kernel USB drivers, the impact is not limited to a particular device or vendor and could affect a very wide range of devices,” Amnesty International said. “The same ...

Final update Some Linux kernel maintainers remain unconvinced that adding Rust code to the open source project is a good idea, but its VIPs are coming out in support of the language's integration. In ...

Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala is celebrating his 59th birthday today. Salman Khan, who is set to star in the filmmaker’s upcoming movie Sikandar, was seen celebrating his birthday in a new picture ...

The NVIDIA open kernel modules support the same range of Linux kernel versions that are supported with the proprietary NVIDIA kernel modules. This is currently Linux kernel 4.15 or newer.

Elon Musk, who had not directly acknowledged St. Clair’s claim, reacted on social media with a single-word response: "Whoa." The cryptic reply only intensified speculation, with many questioning ...