Quadrooter: The latest android security scare

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An android security vulnerability has been causing a bit of a stir recently. Checkpoint were the first to disclose information about a potential threat affecting Qualcomm chipset based devices. (Which turns out to be quite a lot). Actually they had reported this a while back. However according to some sources Google have stated that the 'Verify Apps' feature, which has been part of Android since the early days of Jellybean is capable of identifying potential threats such as quadroot, as long as that feature is enabled.
Nevertheless here's how to check if 'Verify Apps' is 'on in your device :

'Verify apps' on a Jellybean device.

Checkpoint have also released a Quadrooter scanner which is now available on google play