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Samsung is reportedly rolling out fixes for a glitch that allowed anyone to dupe its Galaxy S10 fingerprint authentication sensor. Continue reading Samsung Rolls Out Fix For Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Glitch
Samsung’s new Exynos processor is much more powerful, with 20% increase in performance, a built-in 120Hz refresh-rate display driver, and a separate modem for 5G.
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Samsung starts rolling out fix for critical fingerprint issue that allowed anyone to unlock your phone with the help of cheap screen protectors.
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The fingerprint reader on Samsung’s flagship S10 and Note10 smartphones can be spoofed with a $3 screen protector. Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader beaten by $3 gel protector
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 91 for October 21st 2019: Pitney Bowes becomes the latest ransomware victim, what are the top… Continue reading Pitney Bowes Ransomware Attack, Samsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Bypass, Top Technology Fears
Samsung phones with in-screen fingerprint readers will unlock using anybody’s finger. All you need do is add a screen protector.
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Tech giants Samsung and Google are grappling with separate flaws in the biometric technology the companies give users to secure their mobile phones. Samsung said Thursday that it was working on a patch for an issue discovered by a British couple that allows any fingerprint to unlock a Galaxy S10 or Note 10 phone with a certain screen protector on it. After buying a screen protector for her Galaxy S10, Lisa Neilson found both her thumbprints could unlock the phone, as could those of her husband and sister, according to The Sun newspaper. “We are investigating this issue and will be deploying a software patch soon,” a Samsung spokesperson told CyberScoop. “We encourage any customers with questions or who need support downloading the latest software to contact us directly at 1-800-SAMSUNG.” Google, meanwhile, has acknowledged to the BBC that the facial recognition system used on its Pixel 4 phone will […]
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Plenty of headlines are warning about anyone’s fingerprint being able to unlock a Samsung Galaxy S10, but I’m not sure it’s quite as simple as that…
Continue reading About that “Any fingerprint can unlock your Samsung Galaxy S10” report
Late last month Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone detailed a zero-day Android privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2019-2215) and revealed that it is actively being exploited in attacks in the wild. She also provided PoC code that could he… Continue reading Researcher releases PoC rooting app that exploits recent Android zero-day
A U.K. woman alleged that her husband was able to bypass her Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone’s fingerprint reader when the phone was encased by a third-party screen protector. Continue reading Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Thwarted With Screen Protector: Report