Samsung has confirmed security vulnerabilities for 40 million users of Galaxy and Note devices
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Samsung has this week confirmed security vulnerabilities that affect Galaxy S8, S9, S10, S10e, S10 Plus, S10 5G, Note 9, Note 10 and Note 10 Plus users as the October routine security maintenance release rolls out to users of Galaxy devices. Amongst these is a critical vulnerability and three that are rated as"high." In all, there are some 21 security issues covered; 17 related to Samsung's"One" user interface and four concerning Android.
from Kate O'Flaherty on Forbes. The patches to fix these, including a critical rated vulnerability, started rolling out to Google phone users on October 8, and the advice is to update as soon as possible.The October SMR includes patches from Google, which affect Galaxy 10 users as well as those with earlier devices from Samsung. There are also a whole bunch of vulnerabilities that specifically impact Galaxy 8 and Galaxy 9 device users.
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