Author: Jess Weatherbed
Message Guard will first be available on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series before rolling out to other Galaxy devices later this year. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
Samsung has introduced a new Message Guard security feature for its Galaxy range of smartphones and tablets that can better protect users against “zero-click” cyberattacks disguised as image attachments in messages. Zero-click attacks — which install spyware and other malicious code onto devices without any interaction from the owner — have become increasingly common over the last few years.
One of the most notable examples of zero-click attacks was discovered by Citizen Lab in 2020, after a known iOS / iMessage zero-click security flaw was exploited to install NSO’s Pegasus spyware onto the phones of journalists, politicians, and activists between 2017 and 2020.
Zero-click attacks often leave little trace and victims may be completely...
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Message Guard will first be available on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series before rolling out to other Galaxy devices later this year. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
Samsung has introduced a new Message Guard security feature for its Galaxy range of smartphones and tablets that can better protect users against “zero-click” cyberattacks disguised as image attachments in messages. Zero-click attacks — which install spyware and other malicious code onto devices without any interaction from the owner — have become increasingly common over the last few years.
One of the most notable examples of zero-click attacks was discovered by Citizen Lab in 2020, after a known iOS / iMessage zero-click security flaw was exploited to install NSO’s Pegasus spyware onto the phones of journalists, politicians, and activists between 2017 and 2020.
Zero-click attacks often leave little trace and victims may be completely...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...