The Samsung Galaxy S23 series was recently launched as the flagship smartphone series of the year by the Korean conglomerate. With the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Ultra and Galaxy S23 Plus smartphones, the lineup has been in the spotlight for quite some time. The latest developments around Samsung’s launched flagship product line enhance its security capabilities. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is said to have received the Samsung Message Guard feature, which aims to prevent malicious click-through attacks through images sent to smartphones. While the latest Samsung Galaxy S series phones have not been reported for such incidents, malicious attackers have carried out such attacks before.
According to one report by PhoneArena, Samsung has confirmed to introduce Smasung Message Guard to its latest Samsung Galaxy S23 series, including vanilla color Galaxy S23higher level Galaxy S23 Plusand terminal Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone. Preemptive security prevents attackers from needing clicks to exploit images, which can give attackers access and control over users’ messages, libraries, and even highly sensitive information feels like login information to a banking app.
However, the report mentions that SAMSUNG insist on calling this a priority feature as no such zero-click exploit has been reported on its ‘Galaxy smartphone’ so far.
Samsung Message Guard will use a sandboxed environment to simulate receiving an image while checking if it may contain any potentially malicious or dangerous code that an attacker could exploit. Virtual Isolation will allow the system to detect any hazards located within the image’s components and neutralize it to prevent serious damage to the user’s smartphone or sensitive data. store in it.
The report adds that the feature is pre-enabled and so users won’t have to take any extra steps to protect their phones from such potential vulnerabilities.
Currently, the feature is supported on Samsung Messages and Messages by Google apps. However, the Korean conglomerate is expected to update the security feature to be compatible with third-party messaging apps like Facebook messages, WhatsApp, telegramand others, in the future.
