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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Technology
Dave Snelling

Own a Samsung Galaxy phone? Check for this ‘critical' Android upgrade now

Anyone with a Galaxy phone in their pocket would be wise to check for an urgent update that's being released by Samsung this month. The Korean technology company has confirmed that its May 2023 security patch fixes over 70 flaws including six that have been given a dreaded 'critical' rating - that's one of the most serious classifications.

Four of these 'critical' bugs are part of the Android operating system and affect all phones powered by Google's operating system whilst the other two are specific to Samsung devices.

The reason for that scary 'critical' rating is that some of the flaws could allow arbitrary code execution and give hackers the opportunity to run commands on a device without the owner's permission.

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