More than 700 smartphones from Apple, Google, Samsung, and 21 other brands have been impacted by a collection of 14 vulnerabilities dubbed 5Ghoul that concern the implementation of Qualcomm and MediaTek 5G mobile network modem firmware, according to The Hacker News. Other IoT and USB modems were also affected by the flaws, which when exploited could drop or freeze 5G connectivity or facilitate a connection downgrade to 4G, a study by Singaporean university researchers showed.

Source: SC Magazine