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Samsung boosts bug bounty to a cool million for cracks of the Knox Vault subsystem
2024-08-08 01:15

Samsung has dangled its first $1 million bug bounty for anyone who successfully compromises Knox Vault - the isolated subsystem the Korean giant bakes into its smartphones to store info like credentials and run authentication routines. Folks who can unlock a Samsung device and plunder user data before the handset is first unlocked will net up to $400,000 - although that is dependent on the amount of information that can be snaffled.

Samsung boosts bug bug bounty to a cool million for cracks of the Knox Vault subsystem
2024-08-08 01:15

Good luck, crackers: It's an isolated processor and storage enclave, and top dollar only comes from a remote attack Samsung has dangled its first $1 million bug bounty for anyone who successfully...

Zimperium integrates Knox Platform for Enterprise with Samsung
2020-04-24 00:15

Zimperium, the global leader in mobile threat defense, announced zIPS with Samsung Knox, an extension to zIPS for Samsung devices, leveraging advanced on-device threat detection and remediation capabilities enabled by the Samsung Knox Platform. "The Knox Platform for Enterprise provides best-in-class multi-layer security on an Android device," said Jon Paterson, Chief Technology Officer at Zimperium.

How Samsung's Knox keeps business data private and secure
2018-08-16 23:53

Samsung's Jonathan Wong explains how defense-grade security keeps the company's mobile platform secure.

Samsung Knox flaws open unpatched devices to compromise (Help Net Security)
2016-10-04 18:23

Researchers from Viral Security Group have discovered three vulnerabilities in Samsung Knox, a security platform that allows users to maintain separate identities for work and personal use, and is...