Samsung Galaxy hack: SwiftKey vulnerability

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600 million phones might be hit by the problem, which lets hackers look through the camera and read text messages. The hack works by exploiting a problem with the Samsung IME keyboard, a re-packaged version of SwiftKey that the company puts in Samsung Galaxy keyboards. That software periodically asks a server whether it needs updating — but hackers can easily get in the way of that request, pretend to be the server, and send malicious code to the phone.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/samsung-galaxy-hack-swiftkey-vulnerability-lets-hackers-easily-snoop-on-phones-10325574.html


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