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Four critical-severity flaws were recently disclosed in the Find My Mobile feature of Samsung Galaxy smartphones, which if exploited could allow attackers to force a factory reset on the phones or spy on users. Continue reading Samsung Quietly Fixed Critical Galaxy Flaws Allowing Spying, Data Wiping
We have a love-hate relationship with biometric ID. After all, it looks so cool when the hero in a sci-fi movie enters the restricted-access area after having his hand and iris scanned. But that’s about the best you can say about biometric security. It’s conceptually flawed in a bunch of ways, and nearly every implementation we’ve seen gets broken sooner or later.
Case in point: prolific anti-biometry hacker [starbug] and a group of friends at the Berlin CCC are able to authenticate to the “Samsung Pay” payment system through the iris scanner. The video, embedded below, shows you how: take …read more
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Dubai launches its first robocops; Samsung woes over iris recognition; IoT security criticised
Using a camera, a printer, and a contact lens, hackers managed to bypass the S8’s iris scanner. Continue reading Hackers Unlock Samsung Galaxy S8 With Fake Iris
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Bose ‘spying’ on users via app; Samsung annoys users over Bixby; Microsoft raps gag orders
There’s a lot of software inside Samsung’s new smartphone. But the real story, for once, is the thing itself. The post Samsung Galaxy S8 First Impressions: That Screen, You Guys appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S8 First Impressions: That Screen, You Guys
The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus put everything that was great about the Note 7 in a slicker, non-explosive package. The post Samsung’s Sweet Galaxy S8 Will Make You Forget All About the Note 7 appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Samsung’s Sweet Galaxy S8 Will Make You Forget All About the Note 7
