Samsung Rolls Out Fix For Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Glitch

Samsung has reportedly started rolling out a software patch for the Galaxy S10 and Note10, addressing glitches in both phone models that allow the bypass of their built-in fingerprint authentication sensors. The fix comes after Samsung admitted last week that anyone can bypass the Galaxy S10...

Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Thwarted With Screen Protector: Report

UPDATE Samsung has acknowledged that anyone can bypass the Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor using a third-party case after a woman alleged that a $3 smartphone screen protector allowed unauthorized users to dupe her Samsung Galaxy S10’s fingerprint recognition sensor – giving access to her phone and...

Samsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Duped With 3D Print

A Samsung Galaxy S10 user said he was able to successfully bypass the phone’s fingerprint sensors using a 3D print of his own fingerprint. The Samsung user posted on Imgur this weekend under the alias, “darkshark” saying he was able to fool the Galaxy S10’s fingerprint using a simple technique – ...

Android Gets FIDO2 Certification—Now Supports Secure Passwordless Logins

Great news. If you have already installed the latest update of Google Play Services released earlier today, and your Android device is running Android version 7.0 Nougat or above—Congratulations! Your device is now FIDO2 Certified. Are you thinking… what the heck that actually means? It means,...

Android Gets FIDO2 Certification—Now Supports Secure Passwordless Logins

Great news. If you have already installed the latest update of Google Play Services released earlier today, and your Android device is running Android version 7.0 Nougat or above—Congratulations! Your device is now FIDO2 Certified. Are you thinking… what the heck that actually means? It means,...

Android Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver boost vulnerability (CNVD-2017-03739)

Android on Pixel and Pixel XL is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Pixel and Pixel XL smart devices developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA.Qualcomm fingerprint sensor The Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver is one of the fingerprint sensor drivers. The Qualco...

CVE-2017-0518

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

CVE-2017-0519

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

CVE-2017-0518

Summary: CVE-2017-0518 is an elevation of privilege in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver on Android, enabling a local attacker to execute arbitrary code in kernel context. The affected component is the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver (kernel version 3.18 on Android). The issue requires co...

CVE-2017-0518

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

CVE-2017-0519

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

CVE-2017-0519

CVE-2017-0519 describes an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver for Android (kernel 3.18). A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context by compromising a privileged process. The entry remains focused on Android and k...

PT-2017-1406

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to Kernel-3.18 Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver. This could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the...

CVE-2017-0519: Undefined Security Weakness

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

PT-2017-1407

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to the fixed version Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver. This could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within...

CVE-2017-0518: Undefined Security Weakness

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm fingerprint sensor driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android...

This Guy Builds A Thor-Like Hammer that Only He Can Pick Up

If you have watched the most recent Avengers movie, then you would be aware of a scene where all the superheroes Iron Man, War Machine, Hawkeye, and Captain America take turns to lift Thor’s hammer but fail. Someone has an explanation, Why? Inspired by Thor's legendary hammer Mjolnir that is not...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Data Leakage Vulnerability

Samsung Galaxy S5 is a Samsung 4G smartphone product. A security vulnerability exists in the implementation of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in which the user's fingerprint information is used for authentication. The vulnerability allows an attacker running a program as root on a mobile device to directl...