Replacement Note 7’s Still Exploding Samsung Recall

Samsung’s Ongoing Struggle  In the latest setback for Samsung it has been reported that yet another one of their Galaxy Note 7’s decided to explode during the boarding process of a plane at the Louisville international airport last Wednesday. Samsung has known for a while about its phones dangerous fault in its hardware and has recalled these devices sometime last month. The problem also lies in the fact that the phone happened to be one of the replacement devices. No injuries occurred during this incident. However, smoke from the device caused more than 75 people to evacuate from the plane. Samsung released a statement regarding the incident “Until we are… Read More

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Hackers Find Vulnerability in Over 600 Million Samsung Galaxy Devices

If you have a Samsung Galaxy device, you could be vulnerable to hackers. Any device that runs Swiftkey, an app that allows you to swipe along the keyboard to type, could be hacked. The issue lies with the updating of the Swiftkey app. When updating, it is done through an insecure channel. This allows hackers to get into the phone and possibly completely takeover the device, which could lead to personal data being stolen.  Cyber Protection Group is currently unaware of any available solution.    

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