Samsung released software patch Emergency repair S10 and Note10 series mobile phone fingerprint vulnerability

Drive China October 24, 2019 News Recently, Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note10 series mobile phones have caused doubts about the security of Samsung mobile phones due to fingerprint identification vulnerabilities. After the problem broke out, Samsung issued a statement saying that software patch patching will be released as soon as possible. And now, Samsung has finally fulfilled its promise.
According to foreign media reports, on the evening of the 23rd, Samsung Electronics announced that it has released the latest software patch to fix the vulnerability based on ultrasonic fingerprinting on Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 series smartphones. At the same time, Samsung apologized to users on "Samsung Members" and reminded users to update their biometric authentication to the latest software version as soon as possible.
Samsung S10 is exploding fingerprint vulnerability: anyone can unlock
Last weekend, Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note10 series phones were exposed with security holes in fingerprint recognition. Some users have reported that they have placed their silicone protective case on the screen of the Galaxy S10 mobile phone, and anyone else can unlock her mobile phone with fingerprints.
Subsequently, Samsung Electronics acknowledged that there were security vulnerabilities in the fingerprint recognition program of the Galaxy S10 and Note10 series phones, saying that it was a software problem, which could be patched by software patches, and said that “the S10 fingerprint identification failure has been realized, and the software patch will be released as soon as possible. ".
Several financial institutions close related functions
After the problem was revealed, many financial institutions have launched countermeasures. First, the two British banks, NatWest and Nationwide Building Society, took the lead in removing their own apps for Samsung Galaxy S10 users. Subsequently, the National Building Society of the United Kingdom also decided to remove the option of fingerprint login from the APP. In addition, some Israeli netizens said that their bank also removed the option of fingerprint login from the APP.
On October 19, the Bank of China issued a notice stating that because Samsung acknowledged that there were loopholes in its fingerprints for the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 phones and the Tab S6 tablet, the Bank of China decided to temporarily close the fingerprint login function of the above models in the mobile banking. . Users can use mobile banking by password, gestures, etc. In addition, because of the security of fingerprint payment, Alipay and WeChat also closed the fingerprint payment function of related models.
Google's new Pixel 4 also has a fingerprint recognition vulnerability
In fact, not only Samsung has been exposed to fingerprint identification vulnerabilities in the near future. Google just launched a new machine Pixel 4 this month, which was also discovered by foreign media.
According to foreign media reports, the face unlock function of Google Pixel 4 mobile phone just launched recently has a major bug, users can use face recognition to unlock Pixel 4 even with their eyes closed.
For this issue, Google said it will fix the vulnerability in subsequent software updates. Before the bug was fixed, Google suggested that you first turn off facial recognition to prevent unnecessary loss and trouble.

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