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Users of affected devices that want to mitigate risk from the security issues in the Exynos chipsets can turn off Wi-Fi and Voice-over-LTE settings, researchers from Google's Project Zero say.

By Deeba Ahmed In addition to Google Pixel and Samsung devices, Vivo devices were also vulnerable to this attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can hijack Samsung and Pixel phones by knowing phone number

Categories: News Tags: android Tags: google Tags: samsung Tags: chip Tags: VoLTE Tags: modem Tags: chipset Tags: vulnerability Tags: pixel Tags: CVE-2023-24033 We take a look at multiple vulnerabilities highlighted by Google's Project Zero team, and what you can do to ward off the threat of attack. (Read more...) The post Google reveals 18 chip vulnerabilities threatening mobile, wearables, vehicles appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Google is calling attention to a set of severe security flaws in Samsung's Exynos chips, some of which could be exploited remotely to completely compromise a phone without requiring any user interaction. The 18 zero-day vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Android smartphones from Samsung, Vivo, Google, wearables using the Exynos W920 chipset, and vehicles equipped with the Exynos Auto T5123

Improper authorization vulnerability in AutoPowerOnOffConfirmDialog in Settings prior to SMR Mar-2023 Release 1 allows local attacker to turn device off via unprotected activity.

Improper access control vulnerability in BixbyTouch prior to version 3.2.02.5 in China models allows untrusted applications access local files.

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for March 2023 is rolling out with remediations for a set of 80 security flaws, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Eight of the 80 bugs are rated Critical, 71 are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. The updates are in addition to 29 flaws the tech giant fixed in its Chromium-based Edge browser in recent weeks. The

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An issue was discovered in Samsung Mobile Chipset and Baseband Modem Chipset for Exynos 850, Exynos 980, Exynos 1080, Exynos 1280, Exynos 2200, Exynos Modem 5123, Exynos Modem 5300, Exynos Auto T5123, and Exynos W920. An intra-object overflow in the 5G MM message codec can occur due to insufficient parameter validation when decoding the Service Area List.