The latest hair-on-fire OMG we're-freaking-out Red Alert warning of impending doom from the tech world:  Practically all Android smartphones and tablets that shipped with Qualcomm chips have flaws that could leave them open to hacking.  And since Qualcomm provides chips for 80 percent of Android devices, that's around 900 million units.

IT Security firm Check Point Software Technologies announced its discovery of the Qualcomm chipset vulnerability called "QuadRooter" at DEF CON 24 hacking conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Check Point told QualComm about it in April, giving the chip giant 90 days to investigate put together a fix in accordance with industry norms.  That repairs won't be available from manufacturers until sometime in September.  The good news is that Check Point found no evidence of nefarious activity exploiting the QuadRooter vulnerability.

QuadRooter doesn't discriminate over price:  It could be in any device with the Qualcomm chipset.  A partial list of impacted device shows the latest and greatest gadgets, such as:  Google's Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, and Nexus 6P; HTC's One M9 and HTC 10; and Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.  Even the BlackBerry DTEK50, which the company touts as - the "most secure Android smartphone" -  is also vulnerable to one of the flaws.