With the Samsung Galaxy S4 presumably coming soon, many are excited about the possibility of running a more stock Android-based experience, like CyanogenMod, on the hardware. It looks like that's going to be a slower transition than many were hoping, as the current Samsung CM maintainers have said that they have no plans to support the device.
Recently, it was discovered that Samsung Galaxy Note 2’s lock screen can be bypassed using a hacking technique. This hacking technique was feasible on Android version 4.1.2. It enables a person to see the home screen briefly when the home button is pressed for a few seconds. Upon seeing the home screen, the attacker can quickly tap an app. Then, he may be able to do any of the following:
Chinese telecom giant Huawei is looking to challenge Apple and Samsung in consumer products by leveraging its dominance in network infrastructure.
Since the launch of its five-year plan, beginning in 2012, Huawei has been shifting its focus expansion from network equipment and services provider to a high-end consumer devices manufacturer.
During a panel at the D: Dive Into Media conference on Monday, Samsung Executive Vice President David Eun outlined a bold initiative to drive innovative thinking at the intersection of hardware and software, and said the ongoing litigation with Apple is hurting such efforts as a whole.
While not a main talking point of the interview, Eun told All Things D's Kara Swisher that he saw the seemingly endless legal struggle as "a loss" for innovation in the fast-moving tech industry.
A suspected security hole affecting a handful of Samsung smartphones could give apps access to user data and leave the handset vulnerable to malicious apps and bricking, according to a developer.
The vulnerability, which was discovered and detailed by an XDA member with the handle "alephzain," lies in Exynos 4, the ARM-based system-on-chip typically found in Samsung smartphones and tablets. Alephzain developed an exploit he said bypasses the system permissions, allowing any app to extract data from the device's RAM or inject malicious code into the kernel.
Samsung says it's working “as quickly as possible” to fix an exploit in some of its Android phones, which could allow hackers to gain total control over the device.
The exploit was first reported on the XDA Developers forums on Saturday, and attracted lots of attention from the tech press. It allows malicious apps to control all physical memory on the device, thereby allowing for remote wipes, access to user data and other malicious activities.
While Apple had a stunning $1.05 billion trial victory against Samsung this summer, things generally haven't been going its way since the August verdict. On Monday, US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Apple's case wasn't strong enough to win an injunction.
The brilliant minds at XDA Developers have done it again; this time, a user by the name of alephzain claims to have discovered a vulnerability in multiple Samsung devices that gives access to all physical memory. The potential is huge: attackers could use malicious apps to wipe data and brick devices or, more likely, quietly access user data.
Samsung printers released before October 31, 2012, have been found to contain a hard-coded account that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of the device.
As described in a vulnerability note released by the US Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), affected printers have a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) account programmed into their firmware. This account continues to permit access to the device even if SNMP functions are disabled in the printer's management utility. Some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung are also affected.
Samsung will be privy to some details of a confidential settlement agreement between Apple and HTC, a California judge ruled today.
Samsung's lawyers were given the go-ahead to view confidential details of the agreement that made peace between Apple and HTC earlier this month, following an impromptu hearing ordered by Magistrate Judge Singh Grewal this morning.
