The Indian government has recently issued heightened security alerts, specifically targeting users of Samsung Galaxy phones. The security advisory, issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on December 13, emphasizes multiple vulnerabilities affecting millions of Samsung Galaxy phones, encompassing both older and newer models.
Categorized as high-risk, the security alert underscores the critical importance for existing Samsung users to promptly update their phone's operating system or firmware. CERT highlighted, "Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Samsung products that could allow an attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system." According to the report, the vulnerable software includes Samsung Mobile Android versions 11, 12, 13, and 14. These vulnerabilities serve as potential entry points for cyber attackers, enabling them to execute various malicious actions such as stealing the phone's secret code (SIM PIN), issuing commands to the phone with elevated privilege, accessing private AR Emoji files, altering the clock on the Knox Guard lock, exploring arbitrary files on the phone, pilfering sensitive information, executing arbitrary code to control the phone, and compromising the targeted system.
Samsung Galaxy phone users are strongly advised to expeditiously update their device's operating system (OS) and firmware to mitigate these vulnerabilities. Failure to do so may expose Samsung models to potential security threats, allowing hackers unauthorized access to sensitive data. Samsung has already released fixes for these vulnerabilities, and users are urged to promptly install the updates to enhance the security of their devices.
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