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To: sylvester80 who wrote (26290)	6/20/2013 6:30:36 PM
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briefing.com 9:01AM Samsung Elect: Qihoo 360 (QIHU) Discovered Smishing Vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S4 ( SSNLF) 14000 : Serious security vulnerability was recently discovered on the Samsung flagship Galaxy S4 device, which could be leveraged by malicious software to fake arbitrary SMS text messages, which will then be received by or sent from affected phones. This vulnerability was first discovered on June 17 by Qihoo 360. The vulnerability has been promptly reported back to Samsung after the discovery and Samsung is already in the process of developing an official update to fix it. This particular vulnerability is related to the "cloud backup" feature of Galaxy S4, which is not properly protected and can be abused. From the study, malicious software could potentially exploit it to send fraudulent scam text messages (to order premium-rated services) or fake incoming SMS messages (for phishing).