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Samsung Galaxy S23 Hacked By Million Dollar Zero-Day Attackers

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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times for Samsung. Across four days ending October 27, the Samsung Galaxy S23 was successfully hacked by elite security researchers using zero-day exploits. Four times. The iPhone 14 and Pixel 7 were left unscathed. However, it’s not all bad news, as the zero-day exploits have been handed over to Samsung to fix. Samsung now has 120 days to do so before the exploit methodologies are disclosed publicly.

Who Just Hacked The Samsung Galaxy S23?

The takedown of the Samsung S23 smartphone happened during the annual Pwn2Own hacking event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative. This consumer-oriented event, held in Toronto, Canada, took place between October 24 and 27. Although four smartphones were in scope for the hackers taking part, only the Samsung Galaxy S23 and Xiaomi 13 Pro were successfully exploited. The Apple iPhone 14 and Google Pixel 7 remained undefeated.

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With regard to the Samsung Galaxy S23, hackers from Pentest Limited, STAR Labs SG, Interrupt Labs, and ToChim were all able to execute successful zero-day exploits against the device across the four days of competition.

There was, in fact, a fifth successful hack against the Samsung Galaxy S23 by Team Orca from Sea Security, but it used a previously known exploit.

Meanwhile, researchers from NCC Group and Team Viettel were also able to execute successful zero-day exploits against the Xiaomi 13 Pro smartphone.

What Zero-Day Exploits Were Used To Hack The Samsung Galaxy S23?

As already mentioned, the full technical details of the successful zero-day exploits will not be made public until such a time that Samsung has had an opportunity to distribute a patch to fix the vulnerabilities. ZDI gives vendors a 120-day window within which to produce and distribute such a patch. In the meantime, ZDI has released a very brief outline of the exploit types on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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‘Billion Dollar Heist’ sneak peek: ‘We’ve had ransomware attacks’

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Watch an exclusive clip about the the growing threat of cybercrime

Video Transcript

– We’ve had Stuxnet, blowing up the Natanz centrifuge plant. We’ve had ransomware attacks, which hit the Eastern seaboard. There was no gas to the Eastern seaboard for a whole week in the United States. We had Russia against the Ukraine shutting out the power in the middle of winter.

We’re talking about people losing their lives. We’ve also had cyber attacks that potentially affected the US elections. We had the health care system in the UK brought down. Dialysis machines no longer working.

– This is an extremely fragile situation. Much more fragile than the period of detente because so many more countries have these weapons. Malware is much more difficult to control than nuclear weapons.

– People always warn me of the cyber Pearl Harbor, the cyber 9/11, but it’s almost worse than that. Every day, there are thousands of cyber attacks. And we’re just getting more and more and more inured to them. It’s like a plague.

– I think we’ll see much more hostile cyber activity, much more cyber bank robberies, much more cyber espionage. We’ll see much more cyber war. In many ways, I think we’ve seen nothing yet.

– Does attacks increase in their sophistication and their range, then the impact can be ever greater. There is a cyber attack on critical national infrastructure coming to a place near you within the next 5 to 10 years.

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Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle • Graham Cluley

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Smashing Security podcast #323: Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle

13 years jail for spoofing scammer, a rogue IT security expert’s Bitcoin blackmail goes wrong, and Facebook’s eyewatering GDPR fine may be only the beginning of its problems.

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by the Imposter Syndrome Network podcast’s Zoë Rose.

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Zoë Rose – @RoseSecOps

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy.
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Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate Today, 16 May 2022

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Friday, 13th May: This is the news about the Dollar to Naira rate at the official and black market exchange rate.

Read Naija News update on the official dollar rate in nigeria as well as Black Market rates, Bureau De Change (BDC) rates, and CBN rates.

The official rate today, Friday, May 13th, 2022, for $1 dollar to naira = ₦417.70/$1.

According to the data obtained from the FMDQ, where Naira is traded officially, the exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar opened at ₦417.70/$1 on Friday 13th, after it closed at ₦420.00 to a $1 on Thursday, 12th May 2022.

Naija News reports that the dollar to naira exchange rate has maintained an average of N416.69 to a dollar since the beginning of the new year.

How much is a dollar to naira today in the black market?

The exchange rate for a dollar to naira at Lagos Parallel Market (Black Market) players buy a dollar for N585 and sell at N600 on Friday, May 13th 2022, according to sources at Bureau De Change (BDC).

Please note that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not recognize the parallel market (black market), as it has directed individuals who want to engage in Forex to approach their respective banks.

Dollar to Naira Black Market Rate Today

Dollar to Naira (USD to NGN) Black Market Exchange Rate Today
Buying Rate 585
Selling Rate 600

Trading at the official NAFEX window

The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar opened at ₦417.70/$1 on 13th May, 2022 and closed at ₦419.00/$1. Showing a change of -0.24% and a daily turnover of $169.38 million.

According to data from FMDQ, forward rate went as high as ₦453.25 and as low as ₦421.29.

Spot rate: The dollar sold to the naira as high as ₦444.00 and as low as ₦412.00.

A spot exchange rate is the current price level in the market to directly exchange one currency for another, for delivery on the earliest possible value date.

FG Reveals Ways Hackers Can Unlock, Steal Your Vehicles, Issue Warnings About New Trojan Apps

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Sunday alerted telecom consumers and members of the public on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and…

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