MAJOR security flaw with Samsung phones.

MAJOR security flaw with Samsung phones.


Thursday, June 18, 2015

Researchers have discovered a security flaw that in how Samsung phones use the Swiftkey keyboard. This flaw allows someone to have access to the various sensors included in the phone such as the GPS, camera, microphone, install applications or even listen to phone conversations or view pictures.

Over 600 million phones are at risk. Here's the list of phones affected by this problem:

  • Galaxy S6;

  • Galaxy S5;

  • Galaxy S4;

  • Galaxy S4 Mini from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile;

  • Some versions of the Galaxy S III.

Even though this is a major security flaw, no reason to panic. The risks of encountering all the conditions allowing someone to exploit this flaw is minimal.

How can I fix it?

Basically, there's nothing you can do. Samsung will be pushing a security update automatically in the next couple of days to address the flaw.