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VirnetX Enters Partnership with Samsung to Resell Displays – Display Daily

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VirnetX, an internet security software and technology company, has recently announced a strategic partnership with Samsung that will involve it reselling Samsung’s displays, namely the Samsung Interactive Pro.

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The partnership aims to leverage the strengths of both companies, expanding Samsung’s display reach while providing VirnetX with an opportunity to diversify its product offerings and market presence. Specific details regarding the financial arrangements or product integration have not been disclosed.

This collaboration signifies the commitment of both VirnetX and Samsung to strengthen their market positions and explore new opportunities for growth. The partnership has the potential to provide additional exposure for Samsung’s displays and enhance the value proposition of VirnetX’s product portfolio in the highly competitive technology sector.

VirnetX’s Secure DNS is designed to protect users’ privacy and prevent cyber threats such as malware, phishing, and data breaches. By incorporating this technology, Samsung devices, including their displays, will be more secure, and users can have greater peace of mind when using their devices for various online activities.

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Next update for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra to fix HDR-related camera issues

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Samsung rolled out a major camera-improving update for the Galaxy S23 series in South Korea last month, which later expanded to Europe, India, and the US. However, the Galaxy S23 Ultra still has HDR-related camera issues, and tipster Ice universe says Samsung will fix these with the next firmware update.

Ice universe doesn’t reveal when this update will be released, but we believe the fix for these HDR-related issues – causing a halo effect around the objects – will arrive with next month’s security update, which will also bump up the Android security patch level on the Galaxy S23 Ultra to May 2023.

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Galaxy S23 Ultra – Change These Settings Immediately

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Unpatched Samsung Chipset Vulnerabilities Open Android Users to RCE Attacks

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A newly disclosed set of vulnerabilities in Samsung chipsets has exposed millions of Android mobile phone users to potential remote code execution (RCE) attacks, until their individual device vendors make patches available for the flaws.

Until then, the best bet for users who want to protect against the threat is to turn off Wi-Fi calling and Voice-over-LTE settings on their devices, according to the researchers from Google’s Project Zero who discovered the flaws.

In a blog post last week, the researchers said they had reported as many as 18 vulnerabilities to Samsung in the company’s Exynos chipsets, used in multiple mobile phone models from Samsung, Vivo, and Google. Affected devices include Samsung Galaxy S22, M33, M13, M12, A71, and A53, Vivo S16, S15, S6, X70, X60, and X30, and Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series of devices.

Android Users Face Complete Compromise

Four of the vulnerabilities in the Samsung Exynos chipsets give attackers a way to completely compromise an affected device, with no user interaction needed and requiring the attacker to only know the victim’s phone number, Project Zero threat researcher Tim Willis wrote.

“Tests conducted by Project Zero confirm that those four vulnerabilities [CVE-2023-24033, CVE-2023-26496, CVE-2023-26497, and CVE-2023-26498] allow an attacker to remotely compromise a phone at the baseband level,” Willis said. “With limited additional research and development, we believe that skilled attackers would be able to quickly create an operational exploit to compromise affected devices silently and remotely.” 

The security researcher identified the remaining 14 vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets as being somewhat less severe.

In an emailed statement, Samsung said it had identified six of the vulnerabilities as potentially impacting some of its Galaxy devices. The company described the six flaws as not being “severe” and said it had released patches for five of them in a March security update. Samsung will release a patch for the sixth flaw in April. The company did not respond to a Dark Reading request seeking information on whether it will release patches for all 18 vulnerabilities that Google disclosed. It’s also unclear whether, or…

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