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CISA Flags 8 Actively Exploited Flaws in Samsung and D-Link Devices

By Ravie Lakshmanan — July 3rd 2023 at 10:48
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a set of eight flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This includes six shortcomings affecting Samsung smartphones and two vulnerabilities impacting D-Link devices. All the flaws have been patched as of 2021. CVE-2021-25394 (CVSS score: 6.4) - Samsung mobile
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Dangerous Android phone 0-day bugs revealed – patch or work around them now!

By Paul Ducklin — March 17th 2023 at 19:56
Despite its usually inflexible 0-day disclosure policy, Google is keeping four mobile modem bugs semi-secret due to likely ease of exploitation.

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Google Uncovers 18 Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos Chips

By Ravie Lakshmanan — March 17th 2023 at 06:53
Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung's Exynos chips, some of which could be exploited remotely to completely compromise a phone without requiring any user interaction. The 18 zero-day vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Android smartphones from Samsung, Vivo, Google, wearables using the Exynos W920 chipset, and vehicles equipped with the Exynos Auto T5123
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Samsung Introduces New Feature to Protect Users from Zero-Click Malware Attacks

By Ravie Lakshmanan — February 20th 2023 at 05:50
Samsung has announced a new feature called Message Guard that comes with safeguards to protect users from malware and spyware via what's referred to as zero-click attacks. The South Korean chaebol said the solution "preemptively" secures users' devices by "limiting exposure to invisible threats disguised as image attachments." The security feature, available on Samsung Messages and Google
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Samsung Galaxy Store App Found Vulnerable to Sneaky App Installs and Fraud

By Ravie Lakshmanan — January 23rd 2023 at 12:01
Two security flaws have been disclosed in Samsung's Galaxy Store app for Android that could be exploited by a local attacker to stealthily install arbitrary apps or direct prospective victims to fraudulent landing pages on the web. The issues, tracked as CVE-2023-21433 and CVE-2023-21434, were discovered by NCC Group and notified to the South Korean chaebol in November and December 2022. Samsung
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Hackers Sign Android Malware Apps with Compromised Platform Certificates

By Ravie Lakshmanan — December 2nd 2022 at 13:56
Platform certificates used by Android smartphone vendors like Samsung, LG, and MediaTek have been found to be abused to sign malicious apps. The findings were first discovered and reported by Google reverse engineer Łukasz Siewierski on Thursday. "A platform certificate is the application signing certificate used to sign the 'android' application on the system image," a report filed through the
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Samsung Galaxy Store Bug Could've Let Hackers Secretly Install Apps on Targeted Devices

By Ravie Lakshmanan — October 31st 2022 at 10:25
A now-patched security flaw has been disclosed in the Galaxy Store app for Samsung devices that could potentially trigger remote command execution on affected phones. The vulnerability, which affects Galaxy Store version 4.5.32.4, relates to a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug that occurs when handling certain deep links. An independent security researcher has been credited with reporting the issue
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Samsung Admits Data Breach that Exposed Details of Some U.S. Customers

By Ravie Lakshmanan — September 3rd 2022 at 04:17
South Korean chaebol Samsung on Friday said it experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the unauthorized access of some customer information, the second time this year it has reported such a breach. "In late July 2022, an unauthorized third-party acquired information from some of Samsung's U.S. systems," the company disclosed in a notice. "On or around August 4, 2022, we determined
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