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Some Samsung Exynos phone chips have a worrying security flaw

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Some Samsung smartphones were reportedly carrying a high severity vulnerability in their processors, allowing threat actors to escalate privileges and possibly drop malware on the devices.

Cybersecurity researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) found the flaw and reported it to Samsung, which addressed the vulnerability on October 7, with a patch and a follow-up security advisory.

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