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SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices
Date 2015-06-19 17:25 +1000
Message-ID <cuhueuF2bg0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/samsung-galaxy-hack-swiftkey-vulnerability-lets-hackers-easily-snoop-on-phones-10325574.html>

So, some obscure technical mistake has introduced a vulnerability into 
the phones.

Well, actually no. It appears the problem is just that the software 
auto-updates itself without ensuring that the server is trusted, and 
(presumably) not requiring that the update be cryptographically signed.

So, just mind-boggling incompetence. Nothing new there.

Most countries have consumer protection laws. If someone suffers a loss 
as a result of this, they really ought to sue Samsung.

Sylvia

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SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-06-19 17:25 +1000
  Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices voyager529 <voyager529@live.com> - 2015-06-25 15:27 -0400
    Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-06-26 19:12 +1000
      Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Mike Duffy <see_website@signature.block> - 2015-06-26 20:08 -0400
        Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-27 08:12 +0300
          Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Mike Duffy <see_website@signature.block> - 2015-06-27 01:24 -0400
            Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-27 08:29 +0300
        Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-06-27 18:12 +1000
          Re: SwiftKey vulnerability lets hackers easily take control of devices polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2015-06-27 13:14 +0100

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