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This month’s security update for Samsung Galaxy users is even more critical than we thought. We knew it fixed two actively exploited vulnerabilities which prompted U.S. government warnings, with the August 28 deadline for all federal employees to update or stop using their phones now just 72-hours away. But we now know there’s another serious vulnerability that puts millions of users at risk. And the only reason this one has not made any headlines is stupidly simple—it’s down to a typo.
While this newly flagged issue is specific to certain models, the two critical Android fixes apply across the board, and although the U.S. cybersecurity agency’s warning tois only mandatory for federal employees, its remit is much broader. “To help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity,” CISA says, “use the KEV catalog as an input to vulnerability management prioritization framework.
The advice now should be as simple as update your phone by the date given. But the issue for many users is that there is no update available. Samsung told me it would follow its monthly update scope and schedule,and updates for U.S. users have been accelerated this month. All of which means most recent phones and certainly recent flagships can be patched.
If you are a federal employee, you need to update your phone by Wednesday or stop using it; if you’re not a federal employee you should update your phone now anyway. It’s also recommended thatForbes Community Guidelines Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.Insults, profanity, incoherent, obscene or inflammatory language or threats of any kindContinuous attempts to re-post comments that have been previously moderated/rejectedAttempts or tactics that put the site security at riskProtect your community.
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