"Broadcom chip bug opened 1 billion phones to a Wi-Fi-hopping worm attack Wi-Fi chips used in iPhones and Android may revive worm attacks of old. LAS VEGAS—It's not often that a security researcher devises an attack that can unleash a self-replicating attack that, with no user interaction, threatens 1 billion smartphones... ...Although the flaw is now closed, the hack has important lessons as engineers continue their quest to secure mobile phones and other computing devices..." https://arstechnica.com/information...illion-phones-to-a-wi-fi-hopping-worm-attack/ "Breaking down the Broadpwn exploit, world's first Wi-Fi worm At Black Hat 2017, Exodus Intelligence researcher Nitay Artenstein unveiled the Broadpwn exploit, which he called the world's first Wi-fi worm and which puts billions of iOS and Android devices at risk..." http://searchsecurity.techtarget.co...-the-Broadpwn-exploit-worlds-first-Wi-Fi-worm
