Pixel 7 and two dozen other models suffer from Exynos security holes

From time to time, information appears on the Web about the found gaps in the security of smartphones, which give

Attackers of various levels have access to user information and certain gadget functions.At different times, both Apple and Qualcomm have suffered from it, and now it's time for Samsung.Google Project Zero white hat hackers have found 18 vulnerabilities in Exynos chipsets, 4 of which representA serious threat, as they allow "scoundrels" to gain access to all smartphone data, including voice calls, messages and Internet traffic, without the user's knowledge and giving them any permissions.There is only one way for users to protect themselves – to turn off VoLTE and Wi-Fi voice calls on their smartphones.

Activists write that Samsung had 90 days to fix this outrage, but the patch was never prepared.In total, the vulnerability affected more than 20 device models, most of which were released under the Samsung brand: Galaxy S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, A53, A33, A21, A13, A12 and A04, Galaxy Watch 5 and all on Exynos W920.Both Vivo (S16, S15, S6, X70, X60 and X30) and Google (Pixel 6 and Pixel 7) got it, and cars with Exynos Auto T5123 were hooked.Project Zero claims that the Pixel 7 is already secure – the fix arrived with the March security patch, others are still pending.The remaining 14 vulnerabilities in Exynos do not pose such a serious threat because they requireIn general, if you have any of the above, take into account.

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