Pixel 7, Pixel 6, Galaxy S22, and others have critical Exynos modem issues that allow hackers to remotely control your phone.
Google has a Project Zero team that analyzes software and hardware, looking for exploits allowing malicious attackers to get into various gadgets. Project Zero just found one such severe vulnerability, a 0-day issue that would allow hackers to remotely control phones like theThe issue resides in the Exynos modems inside those devices. Until manufacturers, Google included, patch them, users should turn off two phone features to eliminate the risk of hacks.
Whatever the case, you can easily turn these features off from the phone’s Settings app. Once the Exynos patches start rolling in via security updates, you can reenable them.Project Zero18 vulnerabilities in Exynos modems from late 2022 and early 2023. Four of them are critical, including issues that would allow an attacker to control phones remotely:
These vulnerabilities are serious enough that they convinced Project Zero to delay the disclosure of the four vulnerabilities. Apparently, it’s fairly easy for attackers to take advantage of them. The following devices are affected, including Pixel and Galaxy models:
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