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Google Reveals Samsung Phones Could Be Hacked Without Owners Knowing: Here’s How

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Dissent

Dane Enerio reports:

Google has warned that some of its smartphones running the company’s own Android operating system, as well as other devices from manufacturers such as Samsung and Vivo, could be accessed by third-party actors without owners ever becoming aware of such a breach.

A total of 18 zero-day vulnerabilities, or exploits previously only known to those who executed them, were reported in some of Samsung’s Exynos-branded modems between late 2022 and early 2023, Project Zero, Google‘s in-house bug-finding team, announced in a Thursday blog post.

Read more at International Business Times.

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