New viruses, which removes the user settings in Samsung smartphones

The Internet began to spread the virus that causes the phones reset user settings. His first found a specialist in information security Ravi Borgaonkar and immediately reported the find to the public.
 

In this case, the malicious code can pick up only on web pages while surfing. Your settings are lost without warning, so that users are not even aware of the change.This virus attacks the smartphone Galaxy S3 and S2 from Samsung. All other owners of Android-devices it is not terrible. Ravi Borgaonkar works in the Department of Communications at the Technical University of Berlin. He represented his organization at a security conference Ekoparty, which was held in Argentina last week.Hackers could exploit the vulnerability that is present for a long time on the phones of Samsung. The virus uses the TouchWiz UI feature code USSD. Thanks to him, the command sent from the keyboard smartphone, to be performed even if the user does not hit the "Send" button. As a result, the virus can pretend to be the owner of the phone and do a factory reset.Incidentally, most dialers require the user to click through certified absolutely confirm. However, Samsung does not change its software as a simplified method makes use of a telephone confirmation. However, Borgaonkar indicated that the companies do not even try to solve the problem.At the conference, security-expert showed how lack Samsung Galaxy S3 could be used by hackers. With the help of the virus that is embedded via web links, using QR-code, NFC connection or SMS-messages, you can substitute the correct code and perform a factory reset. In this case, there is a danger that the same way you can delete all user data. And to block SIM-card, and therefore to the ban on the owners of most standard features of the device.Virus Research has shown that the attack can be prevented by turning off in the "Download Service", QR codes and NFC-applications. Borgaonkar assured that this problem does not apply to other Android-smartphone: "Found the virus is able to attack only devices Samsung".

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