Wednesday, June 17, 2015

There is a bug in the keyboard: a risk Galaxy S6 and other smartphones … – The Republic

THE HOUSE Korean was warned of a vulnerability in the keyboard of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and other smartphones in December 2014 and immediately began to distribute a patch, a file to solve the error in the first days of 2015. Even though it is not clear whether the update has been made available by the telephone operators interested users. To trigger the alarm was the company specializes in computer security NowSecure adding that there are about 600 million devices Samsung potentially interested.

The bug is present in the pre-installed SwiftKey keyboard of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and other smartphones. It could afford to attack the smartphone and get even interception of calls. By using this vulnerability, an attacker could install inside the smartphone applications unsolicited and potentially dangerous that would have access to the microphone, the sensor GPS, messaging, camera and the library of images and videos.

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