Samsung
CompanySamsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a South Korean multinational consumer electronics and semiconductor corporation founded in 1969 and headquartered in Yeongtong District, Suwon, South Korea. It is the flagship listed company of the Samsung chaebol and a major supplier of memory chips, displays, smartphones and home appliances.
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Facts
- Country
- South KoreaSource: Wikidata
- Founded
- 1969Source: Wikidata
- Founded by
- Lee Byung-chulSource: Wikidata
- CEO
- Kim Hyun Suk, Kim Ki Nam and 2 moreSource: Wikidata
- Owned by
- Lee Kun-hee, National Pension Service, Samsung C&T Corporation and 2 moreSource: Wikidata
- Headquarters
- Seoul, SuwonSource: Wikidata
- Employees
- 109,541 (2021)Source: Wikidata
- Sector
- Electronics industrySource: Wikidata
- Listed on
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SSU), Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SSUN), Korean Stock Exchange (005930) and 3 moreSource: Wikidata
- Subsidiaries
- Dacor, Harman International Industries, Joyent, Samsung (China) Semiconductor, Samsung Display, Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Electronics Benelux B.V., Samsung Electronics Czech and Slovak and 6 moreSource: Wikidata
- Products
- hard disk drive platterSource: Wikidata
- Official website
- samsung.comSource: Wikidata
- Wikipedia
- Read on WikipediaSource: Wikidata
Security timeline
- Vulnerability reported by BleepingComputerPublic proof-of-concept exploit crashes unpatched Android phones via a crafted text message
- Vulnerability reported by Cyber Security NewsZero-click 'SMS of Death' flaw lets one malformed text crash Android phone service
Recent news
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Researchers at Northeastern University tested 12 TVs from 10 manufacturers to see whether opting out of automatic content recognition (ACR) stops viewing data collection. The opt-out worked for most models, including LG, Amazon Fire TV, a Sony Bravia running Google TV, and Vidaa OS sets from Hisense, Toshiba and Supersonic. Samsung and Roku kept sending some data, and Walmart's Vizio TV kept tracking as if the opt-out had not happened.
Weekly roundup: Binance theft, Chrome and Firefox fixes, and Homeland Security data leak
The roundup covers a reported $6.3 billion crypto theft from Binance, described as the largest ever, and a breach in which hackers stole and published data on 41,000 Homeland Security workers. Other items include fake PDF and search tools that hijacked searches for 13.4 million Chrome users, malicious Firefox extensions impersonating crypto wallets, and a Quest breach exposing patient records. It also flags Chrome and Firefox security updates, an Apple update for older iPhones and iPads, and concerns about Samsung TVs and Popcorn Time's forgotten updater. The article gives headlines only, so technical details must come from the linked original reports.
Public proof-of-concept exploit crashes unpatched Android phones via a crafted text message
Security researcher Mark Blaszczyk has released a proof-of-concept for a zero-click denial-of-service flaw in Android, dubbed SMS of Death. A single crafted WAP Push message, sent on port 2948, crashes the com.android.phone process and can interrupt active calls, including emergency calls. The researcher reports reproducing it on Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy devices, with the vulnerable code present from Android 12 to Android 17.
Zero-click 'SMS of Death' flaw lets one malformed text crash Android phone service
A zero-click Android flaw dubbed 'SMS of Death' lets an attacker crash the com.android.phone process with one malformed WAP Push message, dropping active calls and causing one to two seconds without service per message. Around 30 messages in quick succession can corrupt the SMS SQLite database, leaving the phone app crashing on every boot, and carrier retries of unacknowledged messages can re-trigger the problem after a factory reset. Google has marked the report 'Won't Fix' as a non-security issue, according to the researcher's disclosure site.