Expert on information security found in some smartphones Samsung Series Galaxy, including the flagship Galaxy S III, the vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely destroy all data on the target device.
The vulnerability is contained in the original custom shell TouchWiz, which is installed on most Android-smartphone Samsung. It-security expert Ravi Borgaonkar wrote a special code that is processed in the smartphone automatically triggers execution of an erase all data from the device and restore to factory settings, said Tuesday the site The Next Web.
Also, the code to lock the SIM-card inserted in the smart phone of the victim. A hacker can embed this code in any website, send it to the victim in the SMS, encoded in the QR-code, or pass through the NFC with applications for wireless data Android Beam - the code will be executed at boot infected page or file.
When hackers used a vulnerability in malicious purposes, is not fixed.
According to The Next Web, in addition to Galaxy S III, vulnerability affects smart phones Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Advance, Galaxy Ace and the Galaxy Beam.
In this case, the smartphone Galaxy Nexus, which is also manufactured by Samsung, not vulnerability. In addition, no cause for concern and the users of the above smartphone from the South Korean company, if after the purchase they "reflash" their devices, putting a "clean" version of Android, devoid interface TouchWiz.
Samsung has not commented on the information about the vulnerability in their smartphones.
Currently, Samsung is leading the global smartphone market - according to research firm IDC, the share of the number of Samsung devices shipped in the second quarter of this year was 32.6%, while the share going to the second place Apple has 16.9%.
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