All of us who use a smartphone are exposed in one way or another to a security vulnerability. The Software companies strive to provide a secure experience in the use of their devices. But throughout recent history it has been shown that this is not the case and so far there is no 100% insurmountable device, today we talk about Samsung.
Large companies spend a large part of their income on security. exist external companies that are in charge of demonstrating vulnerabilities in exchange for succulent sums of money. Games, Apps, operating systems… None is exempt from having a problem that allows illegal access to our devices.
May update fixes 6 year active bug
Updates to our devices have always been important. On the one hand, the operating system adapts and evolves to achieve better efficiency. They can get that our smartphones run more fluid, some software setting or even lower energy consumption. But where do they also acquire of utmost importance is in the security section.
From Google they have detected a security flaw that caused vulnerability in Samsung devices since 2014. And thanks to the recent May update, this important bug has been fixed. So that if you haven't updated your Samsung yet, it's time to do it so that your device is safe and your privacy is not exposed.
Where was the Samsung security bug?
The security problem occurred using the native Samsung application to send MMS messages in image format. These Qmage files they were capable of bypass Android address space layout randomization protection. In this way they could reach execute malicious code and / or access files and data of the device itself.
The work of Samsung for your devices will process the images in a personalized way with format Qmage has been the "door" to illicit access. Google's work has been essential so that this failure could be detected. Nevertheless, the possible hack through this security flaw was not something instantaneous. Since in addition to requiring up to 300 MMS, and could carry almost 2 hours get it.