A major vulnerability discovered to have an impact on Samsung and LG phones could have allowed an attacker to steal all data on a handset.
Google says that the vulnerability was reported to it in May of this year and that the companies involved have"taken remediation measures to minimize the user impact." Not exactly the"all clear" sign, especially in light of the news that APK Mirror has very recently come across some of the vulnerable signing keys in Android apps from Samsung.
A Google spokesperson said,"OEM partners promptly implemented mitigation measures as soon as we reported the key compromise. End users will be protected by user mitigations implemented by OEM partners. Google has implemented broad detections for the malware in Build Test Suite, which scans system images. Google Play Protect also detects the malware. There is no indication that this malware is or was on the Google Play Store.
So what can you do as the owner of a possibly affected Android phone? Make sure that your handset is running the latest version of Android and install all security updates as soon as they arrive. Who cares if these updates don't bring exciting new features as their job is to make sure that your device doesn't get compromised. And Android users should refrain from sideloading apps. That is when you install an app sourced from a third-party app storefront.
The scary thing is that this vulnerability apparently has been around for years. Samsung even brings this up in its statement made towhich says,"Samsung takes the security of Galaxy devices seriously. We have issued security patches since 2016 upon being made aware of the issue, and there have been no known security incidents regarding this potential vulnerability. We always recommend that users keep their devices up-to-date with the latest software updates.
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