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QUALCOMM BOOTROM FLAW LEAVES MILLIONS OF OLDER ANDROIDS UNPATCHABLE@kaspersky researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in seven Qualcomm chipsets that lets attackers with physical access bypass Android's secure boot chain and plant persistent malware. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-25262.The bug sits in the BootROM, firmware, hard-coded into the chip itself, that runs before the operating system loads. Qualcomm was notified in March 2025 and confirmed the issue in April. Because the code is bake ...