Samsung’s luck this year can be said to be very bad! There has been a lot of bad news lately. The previous deceleration incident was slowly faded, and recently it was revealed by foreign mobile security company Kryptowire that many Samsung mobile phones have serious security vulnerabilities, as long as you use Android 9, Android 10, Android 11 and Android 12 operating systems, The most serious hacker can control your Samsung phone to perform various tasks, all Samsung users are advised to update as soon as possible.
Samsung mobile phone has a serious security vulnerability, please check and update as soon as possible
Recently, foreign mobile security company Kryptowire published an article regarding system vulnerabilities of Samsung Android devices. As long as the content is a Samsung mobile phone equipped with Android 9, Android 10, Android 11 and Android 12 operating systems, the codename “CVE-2022-22292” exists. security loopholes, whether you get the latest S22, or a Samsung phone from a long time ago.
According to the instructions, these Samsung mobile phones with CVE-2022-22292 security vulnerabilities will likely be controlled by hackers to perform factory reset, install new applications, remove applications, dial specific numbers (such as: 911), etc. Waiting, it will also expose the device to more malicious activities, which means that if you leave it alone, it is likely that it will not only control the phone, but may even steal data.
In order to verify that multiple Android operating systems of Samsung mobile phones have this vulnerability, Kryptowire has actually tested several devices, including:
- Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G（Android 12）
- Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G（Android 11）
- Galaxy A10e（Android 10）
- Galaxy S10+（Android 9）
Make sure that all four devices have this vulnerability. In addition, they also tested Galaxy S8 phones running Android 8, and did not find this information security problem, so Android 8 was excluded.
As for whether there was any disaster, the report did not specifically mention it, but Kryptowire had previously contacted Samsung regarding this discovery, and Samsung responded quickly, rolling out a security update in February 2022 to address the issue.
The representative said that your Samsung mobile phone has the automatic update function turned on, then you can basically rest assured that this information security vulnerability has been fixed, but if you have not turned it on or are not sure, it is best to check it quickly, go to Settings -> Software Update option, When there is a new update, you will see the download and install function.
There is this suspected dangerous security loophole in Samsung mobile phones. Some people may start to worry regarding whether there will be other problems in the future, but it is not just Samsung. In recent years, various mobile phone brands and even the Android operating system itself have had loopholes, so as long as There is no big problem in the first repair, at least this time Samsung’s official response is also very fast.
