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Samsung Reveals Data Breach Affecting Customer Information
A data breach that exposed some of its customers’ personal information to an unauthorized party is being notified to them by Samsung Electronics. As per the firm, only consumers who made purchases from the Samsung UK online shop between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020 were affected by the hack. Samsung Electronics (U.K.) Limited acknowledged that it had recently uncovered a cybersecurity problem involving personal customer information in an email that a reporter from Forbes received on the evening of November 15.
Samsung Hacking Disclosure Statement:
The intrusion was identified on November 13, according to the email that arrived in the reporter’s mailbox in the evening of November 15. Samsung has officially put the finger of responsibility on a vulnerability inside the third-party business program in question, despite the fact that the exact application in question is unknown. The message follows: It was determined that an unauthorized individual exploited a vulnerability in a third-party business application we use.” The statement “impacted” refers to the customers who made purchases between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020.
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Samsung continues by stating that the SEUK eCommerce site may have compromised certain consumers’ personal information. Samsung claims that phone numbers, email addresses, names, locations, and IP addresses are among the exposed data. It is also highlighted that the hacker is not exposed to any of the passwords or financial information.
As of right now, there is a dearth of information on the third-party business application for the vulnerability in question. Samsung claims that when the issue was discovered, the application’s use was halted and a forensic investigation was started. Further technical actions have been performed, such as fixing an application vulnerability. Assuring the source, BleepingCounter, that the incident has also been notified to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, the spokesperson stated that the firm has taken all required actions to remedy the security issue.
For Samsung, this is the third data breach in the last 24 months. In the last one, which happened in late July 2023 and was found out on August 4, hackers gained access to and stole the names, contract details, demographic data, dates of birth, and product registration information of Samsung consumers.
Samsung came up with a precaution for users:
The consumers of the UK e-commerce website are the target of the Samsung email, and it is unclear whether other servers were also affected. Moreover, you should have had to visit that website and make a purchase between July 2019 and June 2020. Samsung advises taking the following safeguards if it claims consumers don’t need to act right away:
- Always exercise caution when responding to unsolicited emails that request personal information about you or direct you to a website that does the same.
- Don’t open attachments or click links in any shady email correspondence.
- For advice on identifying dubious messages and safeguarding yourself after such an occurrence, it is advised to visit the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre.
Thanks to “Forbes“
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
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Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
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Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.