Researchers report 'serious leak in S4 and Galaxy Note 3 - NU.nl

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Reported that the Wall Street Journal Tuesday.

Researchers at the Israeli Ben Gurion University of the Negev argue that the security program Knox is vulnerable.

exact leak is not named, but it would be possible opportunity to read his e-mails and monitor while data should be by Knox.

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In the worst case, an attacker could run inside the secure network.

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Knox

Knox was announced by Samsung earlier this year. It would be included on the Galaxy S4, standard but the launch was postponed. The Galaxy Note 3 was called from launch fitted with Knox and the S4 has about it now.

After an update, the software can also be run on the Galaxy S III and Note II.

Knox is intended for the business market and make it separate. possible personal and business data The business data are used and stored in a separate area and that additional security. software is an attempt by Samsung to get the business market, such as the replacement of Blackberry.

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Not serious

Commenting Samsung announced that the accusations being further seeks out, but that the problem would be if the Israeli researchers claim so seriously.

“We take all safety messages seriously, but the threat seems to be some very well-known attacks, a variant,” said a spokesman opposite the Wall Street Journal . Moreover, the affected devices would not run the entire business software.

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