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Samsung has admitted that what it calls a "Small number" of users could indeed read other people's personal data following last week's unexplained Find my Mobile notification. Several Register readers wrote in to tell us that, after last Thursday's mystery push notification, they found strangers' personal data displayed to them.
The Russian government, via mouthpiece RIA Novosti, has claimed Korean tech giant Samsung will comply with a controversial Russian law passed in November that forces smartphones and computers to come pre-installed with domestic-made shovelware. "Samsung Electronics will be ready to meet the requirements of the Russian legislation provided by the regulator and adapt the company's activities in accordance with the adopted regulations," the state-owned wire service quoted a "Representative" as telling it.
McAfee announced its extension of the long-standing partnership with Samsung to protect consumers' personal data and information from online threats. In addition to mobile, the partnership expands to better protect Samsung PCs and laptops users, where it matters.
A Google Project Zero researcher claims that some of the security features added by Samsung to the Android kernel don't provide meaningful protection and they actually increase the attack surface. Project Zero researcher Jann Horn has analyzed the Android kernel shipped by Samsung with its Galaxy A50 phones and found that some security features added by the tech giant actually make security worse.
Keysight Technologies, a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced an extended collaboration with Samsung Electronics' LSI Business, a global leader in semiconductor components and 5G technology, to validate dynamic spectrum sharing technology used in the smartphone maker's new 5G modem. Samsung has used Keysight's 5G network emulation solutions to accelerate the development of its radio frequency solution, Exynos RF 5510, as well as its newest 5G modem, Exynos Modem 5123, which supports DSS technology.
Samsung announced the market launch of Flashbolt, its third-generation High Bandwidth Memory 2E. The new 16-gigabyte HBM2E is uniquely suited to maximize high performance computing systems and help system manufacturers to advance their supercomputers, AI-driven data analytics and state-of-the-art graphics systems in a timely manner. "With the introduction of the highest performing DRAM available today, we are taking a critical step to enhance our role as the leading innovator in the fast-growing premium memory market," said Cheol Choi, executive vice president of Memory Sales & Marketing at Samsung Electronics.
Samsung announced the completion of an agreement to acquire TeleWorld Solutions, a network services provider headquartered in Chantilly, VA. TWS provides network design, testing and optimization services to mobile service and cable operators, equipment OEMs and other companies across the U.S. With network builds associated with 5G and 4G LTE enhancements advancing in the U.S, the acquisition will address the need for end-to-end support in delivering network solutions. The TWS leadership team will continue to manage the business and, together with Samsung, address the network upgrade cycle occurring in the U.S. "The acquisition of TWS will enable us to meet mobile carriers' growing needs for improving their 4G and 5G networks, and eventually create new opportunities to enhance our service capabilities to our customers," said Paul Kyungwhoon Cheun, Executive Vice President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics.
Facebook, Samsung and Ring have unveiled new or improved privacy and security tools at the 2020 CES consumer electronics show taking place this week in Las Vegas. Facebook announced a revamped version of Privacy Checkup, a tool launched in 2014 in an effort to make it easier for users to manage the information they share on the social media network.
Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 has come to an end and on the second day of the hacking contest bug bounty hunters have earned a total of $120,000 for demonstrating exploits against Samsung Galaxy S10 and...
Samsung is reportedly rolling out fixes for a glitch that allowed anyone to dupe its Galaxy S10 fingerprint authentication sensor.