project zero

Samsung has begun rolling out its latest security update, and it’s crucial for those with phones using Exynos modems — like last year’s Galaxy S22 flagship — which were at high risk of major security breaches. The new update fixes these security concerns (and more) and is now rolling out to the Galaxy S23 lineup in Europe and South Korea. In mid March, a Project Zero report from Google’s internal security research team revealed that security issues found on devices using Exynos modems could have given remote users…

Many people, across the globe, use Android phones. However, the android system is not opposed to bugs and hacking. Google security researchers have raised a major alarm and warned of 18 different bugs in Samsung Exynos chips that are used in many top Android smartphones.  Time Willis, head of Google's Project Zero, said in a blog post that four of the susceptibilities 'allows for Internet-to-baseband remote code execution". Therefore, these bugs have put the security of the android system at grave risk. …

Google's Project Zero is its in-house team of cybersecurity experts and analysts, who look at advanced threats, has detected a record number of exploits in 2021. In a blog post, the team, known as Project Zero, announced that these zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits had reached a record-breaking number of 58. Project Zero was formed in 2014. In 2015, the team detected 28 exploits, which were reduced to 25 in the year 2020. A growing number of cyber-attacks and the popularity of cryptocurrency can be the reasons behind…