iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 2 contain risky defenselessness in Broadcom chips

Experts in the field of computer security of Core Security found that mobile gadgets Apple - iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2 - and outdated smartphones and tablets several other manufacturers, including Samsung, HTC, Motorola, at risk helplessness that an assailant can use to block the device can work on wireless networks.

This security powerlessness is due to an error in the incoming validation in the firmware of two chips Broadcom - BCM4325 and BCM4329. According to experts, a rather serious bug, because it allows disabling the mobile device to a wireless network at the time of DoS-attacks. In turn, this error can be used as a platform for a high-level attack.

Core Security Broadcom has already submitted all the necessary information about the susceptibility and has released the latest firmware update, eliminates errors. But the problem is that not all chips support the ability to flashing.

List of helpless devices with chips Broadcom:

BCM4325:

Apple iPhone 3GS 

Apple iPod 2G 

HTC Touch Pro 2 

HTC Droid Incredible 

Samsung Spica 

Acer Liquid 

Motorola Devour 

Ford Edge

BCM4329:

Apple iPhone 4 

Apple iPhone 4 Verizon 

Apple iPod 3G 

Apple iPad Wi-Fi 

3G Apple iPad 

Apple iPad 2 

Apple TV 2G 

Motorola Xoom 

Motorola Droid X2 

Motorola Atrix 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 

Samsung Galaxy S 4G 

Samsung Nexus S 

Samsung Stratosphere 

Samsung Fascinate 

HTC Nexus One 

HTC EVO 4G 

HTC Thunderbolt 

HTC Droid Incredible 2 

LG Revolution 

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play 

Pantech Breakout 

Nokia Lumina 800 

Kyocera Echo 

Asus Transformer Prime 

Malata ZPad

Nokia fell out of the top five manufacturers of smartphones, Apple in second place

The research firm IDC released a report on the study of the market of mobile phones in the III quarter. The biggest changes were Nokia. The Finnish company fell out of the five largest suppliers of smartphones for the first time in 14 years passed forward Canadian RIM, ZTE and China Taiwan HTC.

In the smartphone segment leader Samsung, whose share for the year increased from 22.7% to 31.3%. The South Korean company twice increased its smartphone shipments to 56.3 million, increasing the gap between Apple, which took second place in the ranking. iPhone market share was 15%, which is 1.2% points higher than in the III quarter of last year.

Rapidly losing ground Canadian RIM. Though it occupies the third position, but its share for the year decreased from 9.6% to 4.3%. Following ZTE Canadians are with the index 4.2%. Chinese smartphone sales grew by 86%. The top five leaders of the HTC, but in her case is even worse than the manufacturer of BlackBerry. Taiwanese delivery vehicles "sunk" by 42.5%, market share decreased from 10.3% to 4%.

As for mobile phones in general, with a leading position shifted Nokia Samsung, which now controls almost a quarter of the market. The share of Finns had 18.7% of units sold, and closes the top three Apple with the index 6.1%.

How to calculate the research company IDC, the global mobile phone market has grown in III quarter by 2.4% year on year from 434.1 million to 444.5 million units. Smartphone sales increased by 45.3% to 179.7 million units.