Amnesty International revealed serious vulnerabilities in Android that allowed the Serbian authorities to unlock activists' phones using Cellebrite tools. These faults, affecting the Linux USB kernel, pose risks to over a billion devices. The organization initially detected one flaw in mid-2024, and upon further investigation into a student's phone hack, they collaborated with Google to facilitate fixes. This highlights how uncovered zero-day vulnerabilities can be exploited by both criminal and governmental entities, emphasizing the critical need for enhanced cybersecurity measures.
The vulnerabilities discovered by Amnesty International allowed authorities to unlock Android phones, impacting over a billion devices, emphasizing the importance of robust cybersecurity.
Amnesty's findings led to Google fixing three core vulnerabilities which criminal and government hackers could exploit, highlighting the danger of zero-day bugs in technology.
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