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Samsung Galaxy devices can be made to make calls, send messages while locked (Help Net Security)
2016-04-13 17:40

Half a dozen (and possibly even more) Samsung Galaxy phones can be made to place phone calls or send text messages even when they are locked, thanks to exposed USB modems. Researchers Roberto Paleari and Aristide Fattori who, a few months back, demonstrated the lock screen bypass attack on a Samsung Galaxy S6 phone have now shared more technical details about it, as well as provided a PoC tool for mounting it. Samsung lock bypass(vanilla … More →


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VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Samsung 1618 128 354 396 74 952