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Some Samsung Galaxy devices contain a file access backdoor, Replicant developers say
2014-03-13 17:20:32| InfoWorld: Top News
The developers of Replicant, a mobile OS based on Android, claim to have found a backdoor vulnerability in a software component shipped with some Samsung Galaxy devices that potentially provides remote access to users' private files through the device modem. The problem is located in the proprietary library that handles communications between the Android OS and the firmware running on the modem chipset, also known as the baseband or radio processor.
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