Samsung Vulnerabilities In Pre-installled Apps Allow Hackers To Spy On Users

Samsung is working on addressing the bugs affecting its mobile devices that could be used for spying or to take full control of the system. The founder of the cybersecurity company Oversecured Sergey Toshin has discovered a large number of vulnerabilities affecting Samsung devices, with the lightest ones allowing attackers to steal user's SMS messages and the most dangerous ones let attackers elevate privileges. It is unknown when the fixes for those bugs will be pushed since the testing process takes around 2 months for security purposes. Read more...