Bleeping Computer

Vulnerabilities Discovered in Mobile Bootloaders of Major Vendors

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 ...
Threat Post

Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Huawei Bootloaders

Researchers find six previously unknown memory corruption and unlock-bypass vulnerabilities in major chipset vendors’ firmware code. Six exploitable flaws in chipsets used by Huawei, Qualcomm, ...
ZDNet

Android security: Multiple bootloader bugs found in major chipset vendors' code

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Mobile Bootloaders From Major Hardware OEMs Reportedly Overrun With Security Holes

There is a good chance that your Android device is insecure from the get-go. In examining smartphone bootloader firmware, security researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara found ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft blocks UEFI bootloaders enabling Windows Secure Boot bypass

Some signed third-party bootloaders for the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) could allow attackers to execute unauthorized code in an early stage of the boot process, before the operating ...