This article has been indexed from Softpedia News / Security
Multiple significant security weaknesses have been discovered in Samsung’s pre-installed Android apps. Recently disclosed flaws might have given cybercriminals access to personal data without the users’ knowledge and allowed them to take control of the devices, according to The Hacker News.
Sergey Toshin, founder of mobile security startup Oversecured, noted in an analysis published Thursday “The impact of these bugs could have allowed an attacker to access and edit the victim’s contacts, calls, SMS/MMS, install arbitrary apps with device administrator rights, or read and write arbitrary files on behalf of a system user which could change the device’s settings”.
Toshin disclosed the vulnerabilities to Samsung in February 2021, and the manufacturer released reme…
Read the original article: Hackers Can Use Pre-installed Samsung Apps to Spy on Users