Major problem for most cell phones android in the world, like Samsung’s Exynos modems, allows hackers to take over phones without any intervention from phone owners.
Google Project Zero found a total of 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos modems in late 2022 and early 2023. Four of them allow hackers to hack users’ phones remotely and require them to know only the victim’s phone number. Google claims that skilled attackers can “quickly create an operational exploit to silently and remotely compromise vulnerable devices.”
The list of vulnerable phones is quite long: Samsung S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, A53, A33, A21, A13, A12 and A04 series, Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series, and Vivo S16, S15, S6. , X70, X60 and X30 series.
In addition, any wearable device using the Exynos W20 chipset (including, for example, Pixel Watch 4 and 5) and any vehicle using the Exynos Auto T5123 chipset are also vulnerable.
Fortunately, users have a way to temporarily fix this issue by disabling Wi-Fi calling and Voice over LTE in their device settings.
Source: Digital Trends
