On your Samsung device, open up Settings.If you haven’t signed up for an account, but you’ve tapped the launcher for Galaxy Apps, then Find My Mobile is most likely on your device. If you haven’t registered for a Samsung account, chances are that this service is not turned on and you’re safe. To that end, what can you do? First and foremost, if you have been using Find My Phone, turn it off. The problem is that the Find My Mobile service doesn’t bother to validate the lock code information it receives, so an attacker need only flood the device with network traffic to gain control.īut here’s the kicker… since the Find My Phone usually turns on when you sign up for a Samsung account, there’s a high probability your phone is vulnerable. So, this is not something you want to ignore. The NIST is ranking the base score of this exploit a 7.8, with the impact score as 6.9, and the exploitability score at 10 (10 being the highest). A zero-day exploit has been discovered that can lead to attackers ringing, locking, and even wiping your device. If you happen to be the owner of a Samsung smartphone, and you use their Find My Phone service, stop immediately. The Samsung line of smartphones has been hit with a vulnerability that should have you shutting off the Find My Mobile service. The brief fear that the “Find My Mobile” app may have been hacked will likely have been enough to make some users consider axing it, at least for the time being.How to prevent Samsung’s Find My Mobile zero-day exploit We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. This was sent unintentionally during an internal test and there is no effect on your device.
Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers” “Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices. The company confirmed that it would have no effect on any customer’s device and apologised for the inconvenience.Ī post from the company’s UK Help account read:
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