Baseband vulnerability could mean undetectable, unblockable attacks on mobile phones
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1MZFF)
The baseband firmware in your phone is the outermost layer of software, the "bare metal" code that has to be implicitly trusted by the phone's operating system and apps to work; a flaw in that firmware means that attackers can do scary things to your hone that the phone itself can't detect or defend against. (more")