Samsung quite often releases security updates for most of its devices, closing various security holes. However, it turned out that over the past few years, millions and millions of smartphones from the South Korean company have been sold with a critical security vulnerability that allows hackers to get valuable information from devices.
The full text of the report can be found here . The researchers described the ways in which they managed to bypass protection on Samsung devices. Most of the information is obscure to ordinary users who are not information security specialists. However, experts report that in most cases they should not be concerned.
All of the issues mentioned are known to have been fixed by Samsung , which was made aware of the vulnerability shortly after it was discovered. The first patch was released in August 2021, and the vulnerability was finally fixed with a security patch in October.
However, users should check for the latest updates. If Samsung has already stopped supporting the device, experts say users should try installing a custom ROM with a security patch.