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Fingerprint-Exposing Flaw in OnePlus 7 Phone Highlights TEE Issues
2020-04-14 13:03

OnePlus 7 Pro devices made by China-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus Technology were affected by a vulnerability that could have been exploited to obtain users' fingerprints. Synopsys will release technical details at a later date, but a brief advisory made public on Tuesday reveals that the vulnerability could have been exploited by a malicious Android application with root privileges on the targeted OnePlus 7 Pro phone to obtain bitmap fingerprint images from the device's trusted execution environment, an area designed to keep sensitive data and code isolated and protected against unauthorized access.

Order Information of OnePlus Customers Exposed in Data Breach
2019-11-25 09:24

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus revealed on Friday that some customers’ order information was accessed by hackers who breached its systems. read more

OnePlus Suffers New Data Breach Impacting Its Online Store Customers
2019-11-22 22:52

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has suffered a new data breach exposing personal and order information of an undisclosed number of its customers, likely, as a result of a vulnerability in its...

OnePlus 6 smartphone flash override demoed
2018-06-12 10:44

Manufacturer promises update The recently released ‪OnePlus 6‬ smartphone allows the booting of arbitrary images, security researchers at Edge Security have discovered.…

OnePlus 6 Flaw Allows to Boot Any Image Even With Locked Bootloader
2018-06-11 08:03

Have you recently bought a OnePlus 6? Don’t your phone unattended. A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the OnePlus 6 bootloader that makes it possible for someone to boot arbitrary or...

OnePlus 6 users: Face unlock isn't secure enough to protect your device, here's why
2018-06-01 12:34

In a statement, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer advised their customers to use PIN codes instead.

40,000 Potentially Impacted in OnePlus Payment System Hack
2018-01-22 18:32

Up to 40,000 OnePlus customers may have been impacted after attackers managed to compromise the company’s payment page. read more

OnePlus Confirms Credit Card Breach Impacted Up to 40,000 Customers
2018-01-19 20:38

The breach is the latest piece of bad publicity for the popular Chinese handset maker.

OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers affected by Credit Card Breach
2018-01-19 17:48

OnePlus has finally confirmed that its online payment system was breached, following several complaints of fraudulent credit card transactions from its customers who made purchases on the...

OnePlus Site’s Payment System Reportedly Hacked to Steal Credit Card Details
2018-01-15 18:03

This year's first bad news for OnePlus users—a large number of OnePlus customers are reporting of fraudulent credit card transactions after buying products from the Chinese smartphone...