Researcher Claims Samsung’s Tizen OS is Poorly Programmed; Contains 27,000 Bugs!

A researcher has claimed that Samsung’s Tizen operating system that runs on millions of Samsung products is so poorly programmed that it could contain nearly 27,000 programming errors, which could also lead to thousands of vulnerabilities.

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Millions of Android users left vulnerable due to Samsung’s ignorance

By Ali Raza

After Samsung had failed to renew the domain of one of their pre-installed apps, millions of users were left open to malware attacks. The app S Suggest that was part of the older Samsung smartphones is still active on millions of devices. Its purpose was to help users by suggesting which other popular apps they […]

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Millions of Android users left vulnerable due to Samsung’s ignorance

By Ali Raza

After Samsung had failed to renew the domain of one of their pre-installed apps, millions of users were left open to malware attacks. The app S Suggest that was part of the older Samsung smartphones is still active on millions of devices. Its purpose was to help users by suggesting which other popular apps they […]

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Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner can be fooled with a printed photo

After demonstrating how easily Apple’s Touch ID can be fooled with a user fingerprint photographed from a glass surface, Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker “Starbug” has proven that the iris recognition system in Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone can be fooled by using a printed photo of the user’s eye(s). The hack As demonstrated in the video below, the whole process is extremely simple: Take a photo of the user with a digital camera (preferably in … More Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner can be fooled with a printed photo

Samsung Galaxy S8’ iris scanner hacked using contact lens and photo

By Jahanzaib Hassan

After the breach of HSBC’s voice-recognition system, Samsung Galaxy S8 has been the next target with its iris scanner that has been claimed to be superior to the traditional password system to access one’s digital devices. Chaos Computer Club proves that the iris scanner is no good: a group of hackers at the Chaos Computer Club […]

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