'Serious vulnerability' discovered in Samsung KNOX

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Samsung's push into the business market has been spearheaded by its KNOX security suite, but a vulnerability discovered in KNOX by Israeli researchers might be cause for concern. Researchers from Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev have come forth with the claim that an unnamed hack could allow someone to access emails and monitor data communications, on devices like the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4, which come with integrated KNOX functionality since Android 4.3.

For those unaware, KNOX works by integrating itself with Android’s framework and the device hardware to create a “container,” a separate execution environment for apps to run and store data. Any apps that are run inside this environment have their data safe and sound from those outside it, allowing one to run trusted apps without fear of having their data compromised. The discovered hack can supposedly access data inside the container, which would make the whole point of KNOX a moot one, so hopefully Samsung will work on closing the loop-hole as quickly as possible.

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Johan Nenzén - Developer / Blogger

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First Samsung device: Galaxy S

Johan lives in the beautiful country of Sweden where he enjoys a cold home brewed IPA on his porch whenever he gets the time. Johan is a tech enthusiast to the core and always thrives to know how things work. When he’s not pushing code and news at SamMobile, he works as lead Android developer for a popular app in Sweden.

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'Serious vulnerability' discovered in Samsung KNOX

Johan Nenzén - Developer / Blogger

[email protected]

First Samsung device: Galaxy S

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