Author Topic: Does Avast flag against the gaping standard keyboard app hole on Galaxy devices?  (Read 3340 times)

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Offline polonus

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Gaping hole in standard keyboard app on Samsung Galaxy devices:
Read: https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2015/06/16/remote-code-execution-as-system-user-on-samsung-phones/
Especially a huge problem in the U.S. of A: https://www.nowsecure.com/keyboard-vulnerability/ 
where it is unclear whether millions of devices were rightfully patched or not.

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