Pierluigi Paganini
August 11, 2020
A researcher found multiple flaws in Samsungâs Find My Mobile that could have been chained to perform various malicious activities on Samsung Galaxy Phones. The security researcher Pedro Umbelino from Portugal-based cybersecurity services provider Char49 discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Samsungâs Find My Mobile that could have been chained to perform various malicious activities on Samsung Galaxy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 26, 2020
The South Korean multinational conglomerate Samsung announced that customersâ personal information was leaked online due to a âtechnical errorâ Samsung announced that customersâ personal information was exposed online through its website due to a âtechnical error.â The glitch only affected the U.K. website (http://samsung.com/UK)Â for a total of 150 impacted customers. “People who logged on were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 27, 2018
Italian Competition Authority AGCM fined Apple and Samsung a 5 million Euros and 10 million Euros for âplanned obsolescenceâ of their mobile devices. After a long investigation conducted by the Italian Competition Authority AGCM, the agency has fined Apple and Samsung a 5 million Euros ($5.8 Million) and 10 million Euros ($11.5 Million) for âplanned obsolescenceâ of their mobile devices. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2018
Some Samsung devices are randomly sending photos taken with the camera to contacts in the address book without permission. Do you have a Samsung smartphone? There is something you need to know. Some devices are randomly sending photos taken with the camera to contacts in the address book without permission. The problem affected Galaxy S9 and S9+ […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 03, 2016
Security researchers have discovered multiple flaws in the Samsung Smart Home automation system that could be exploited by remote attackers. Security researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered multiple flaws affecting the Samsung Smart Home automation system that could be exploited by remote attackers for several attacks, including making keys for connecting front door locks. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2015
Chinese Hackers who allegedly compromised servers at LoopPay, the Samsung subsidiary, appear interested in spying on targets through Samsung Pay technology. The Samsung subsidiary LoopPay has been the victim of a security breach that is worrying the security industry. The investigators speculate that attackers’ motivation is the cyber espionage and excluded a financial crime.  If confirmed the security breach […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2015
At the recent DEF CON hacking conference penetration testers demonstrated that  Samsung smart fridge leaves Gmail logins open to attack. Once again Internet of Things raises security concerns, this time security researchers have discovered a way to steal usersâ Gmail credentials from a Samsung smart fridge. At the recent DEF CON hacking conference, they presented a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 24, 2015
The security researcher Patrick Barker discovered that Samsung is disabling Windows Update to run its own bloatware opening users to cyber attacks. The security researcher Patrick Barker discovered that Samsung is disabling Windows Update to run its own bloatware leaving is customers wide open to cyber attack. Barker discovered that Samsung disable Windows update after a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 17, 2015
More than 600 million Samsung S devices could be opened to cyber attacks because a flaw in the validation of language pack updates for the SwiftKey keyboard. More than 600 million Samsung smartphones could be opened to cyber attack due to the presence of a security flaw in the validation of the  Swiftkey language pack updates. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2015
Samsung smartTV send unencrypted voice recognition data and text information across the Internet without encrypt it, allowing hackers to capture them. A few days ago I was one of the first to publish the news about the Samsung privacy policy that reports smartTV are sending user voice data to third parties. “Samsung SmartTV transmits data […]
