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Samsung Patches Memory Address Randomization Bypass Flaw

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Android smartphone device manufacturer Samsung has a patch for a flaw used by commercial surveillance hackers to implant malware in the United Arab Emirates. Security researchers at Google and Amnesty International in March reported an exploit chain apparently developed by Barcelona spyware vendor Variston to deploy a surveillance malware to devices located in the UAE….

Vulnerabilities

Samsung US Says Customer Data Compromised in July Data Breach

Issued by: Security Week

As part of the incident, which was identified roughly a month ago, an unauthorized third party gained access to some of Samsung’s US systems and exfiltrated information stored on them. Although it had determined that the personal information of some of its customers was compromised in the attack, Samsung took nearly a month to disclose…

Mobile Security

Samsung Smartphones Get Encrypted Communications

Issued by: Security Week

KoolSpan this week announced a partnership with Samsung to implement secure communications on Samsung smartphones. KoolSpan, a provider of encrypted secure voice and messaging solutions for mobiles, is already offering secure communications to enterprises. With support for mainstream phones, which are normally used within organizations, the solutions bring end-to-end encryption to all internal calls and…

Mobile Security

Samsung, Apple, Huawei Phones Hacked at Mobile Pwn2Own

Issued by: Security Week

Researchers have managed to hack the Samsung Galaxy S8, the iPhone 7 and the Huawei Mate 9 Pro on the first day of the Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition taking place alongside the PacSec conference in Tokyo, Japan. The prize pool for the event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) exceeds $500,000 and participants…

Vulnerabilities

Samsung Tizen Accused of Being Home to at Least 27,000 Findable Bugs

Issued by: Security Week

A purveyor of static code analysis wished to pitch his product to Samsung. What better way, he thought, than to run his product against the Samsung Tizen operating system, and demonstrate the results. The demonstration fell through, and the purveyor decided instead to publish his findings. The purveyor is Andrey Karpov, CTO at “Program Verification…

Mobile Security

What about the personal data on those millions of recalled Note7s?

Issued by: CSO

The users of millions of faulty Samsung Galaxy Note7s, already turned in, face a bigger potential dilemma than whether the devices might blow up: The fate of their personal data on the devices. Many of the users of some 3 million Note7 devices sold were told by Samsung and government officials to immediately stop using…