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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 […]
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 […]
Samsung suffers a data breach for second time that exposes customer information in the US. The company notified its customers regarding the breach that revealed customers’ names, addresses, and other personal information. “An unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems. We determined through our ongoing investigation that the personal information of […]
According to Max Weinbach of Android Police, “Samsung is hosting literal malware on the Galaxy Store.” It is becoming harder and harder to evade online scams, especially those involving Android applications. According to an analysis from Android Police’s Max Weinbach, Samsung is hosting several infected Android apps on its official Galaxy Store that may insert […]
The Samsung Galaxy 20 phones were no doubt incredible phones. But for many users, it felt like the company had pushed the price of this flagship phone a bit too high. For this reason, Samsung sought to correct its mistake with the launch of the Galaxy S21. Launched in 2021; the Galaxy S21 comes with […]
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in Samsung’s pre-installed Android apps, which, if successfully exploited, could have allowed adversaries access to personal data without users’ consent and take control of the devices. “The impact of these bugs could have allowed an attacker to access and edit the victim’s contacts, calls, SMS/MMS, install arbitrary apps […]
Better late than never, Samsung has finally released the official list of Galaxy devices in India that will be issued the latest Android 10 update. Initially spotted by SamMobile, Samsung has posted the Android 10 roadmap in the notice section of Samsung’s member app. The below Android 10 roadmap is only applicable to Samsung devices […]
Hackathons happen to be an all-out favorite for the cybersecurity industry for their renewed sense of competing in real-time – testing your skillset against the best. Pwn2Own, one such yearly conference kicked off today in Tokyo with teams competing in exploiting bugs in the systems of well-reputed companies. Pwn2Own follows an infrastructure in which if […]
Start backing up your data if you were a part of Samsung’s Linux on DeX beta program. In an email sent to early testers, Samsung has announced to shut down the beta program and “no longer provide support on future OS and device releases.” This means that all the supported Samsung devices will lose support […]
Samsung has issued a warning that a major security flaw has affected the latest Galaxy S10 devices. It allows the phone to be unlocked by anyone’s fingerprint. The issue came to light when a British user named Lisa complained that her S10 unlocked from her left hand, even though she never registered the fingerprints of […]
Samsung has shut down its last smartphone manufacturing factories in China, according to a report from Reuters. The move is part of Samsung’s strategy to “re-allocate [production] to other global manufacturing sites” to control the expenditure. Samsung Shuts Down the Huizhou Factory The South Korean tech giant has decided to close down its factory in […]
Any source of information about people can be exploited by large companies. Data protection specialists at two different research centers say smart TVs share sensitive user data with companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Netflix. The experts, from British and American universities, have looked at how a smart TV, considered an IoT device, collects […]
Android 10 went live earlier this month, and naturally, Google Pixel devices were the first ones to get it. Surprisingly, other smartphone brands were also swift in announcing Android 10 for their devices. However, as one would expect, Samsung appeared tight-lipped on when its devices will get the latest Android 10 update. Actually, the company […]
The Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ were recently launched and one of the highlights was the PlayGalaxy Link app. In the era of online game streaming, Samsung appears to have taken a different route. The new PlayGalaxy Link app lets you stream games from the PC to your Samsung phone. Samsung has released the first […]
Not long ago, we saw the emergence of sim swapping attacks utilizing a loophole in the two-factor authentication process. Now in the latest, researchers from Check Point have discovered vulnerabilities in certain Android-based phones including the likes of Samsung, Huawei, Sony, and LG which allows attackers to access your information. These phone companies collectively happen to […]
Aiming to further enhance mobile photography, we know camera sensors with more than 100MP are ready to hit the tech world. After announcing its plans to launch one, Samsung officially announced the world’s first 108MP image sensor. The new 108MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX has been developed by Samsung in collaboration with Chinese company Xiaomi. […]
Samsung has just refreshed its Note series with the unveiling of the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+. Both the devices are feature-packed, although, Samsung has stripped off some essential features from the cheaper Note. There is no doubt regarding their performance, but it’s believed Samsung misled people on one important aspect of the device. […]
At its Unpacked event, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+. For the first time, the company has unveiled three different variants of Galaxy Note – Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+ and Galaxy Note 10+ 5G. The three phones share almost similar specs with differences in screen sizes, camera, RAM and obviously […]
Hours before its Samsung Unpacked event where we’ll get see the new Note 10 Series, the South Korean giant has added a new member to its chipset family. Samsung has announced Exynos 9825 as the successor to Exynos 9820, and it’s speculated that the upcoming Note 10 series will most probably come fitted with it. […]
U.S. telecom giant, Sprint has recently revealed that a certain number of Sprint customer accounts were taken over by unauthorized users using a loophole in Samsung.com’s “add a line” feature. The company disclosed this information as per their June 22 internal report and the following information of affected users are now in the hands of […]
Sprint Corporation, an American telecommunications company has announced that it has suffered a data breach after unknown hackers accessed customer accounts credentials using the Samsung.com “add a line” website. Originally, the company was informed about the breach on June 22nd, 2019. The personal information which was accessed in the incident included full names, phone numbers, […]