Image copyright PA Internet giant Google has found serious security problems in one of the most popular smartphones, the phone Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, is based on the Android operating system .
The hackers by detecting bugs could get remotely complete control over the device user.
The company Samsung, is reported to have already eliminated the most basic vulnerability, but some still remain uncorrected.
Google is not in full control of Android, the essence of the operating system that manufacturers can add to her own elements and make changes to the code system.
According to one independent expert coding errors can ” seriously undermine the security of the operating system of Google.
“The relationship between Google and phone manufacturers remain relatively tight, as Google wants to protect the brand of Android, and in regard to security, the reputation of the brand Android is already undermined,” – says Dr Steven Murdoch, a security expert at the University College in London.
“This is partly because of the changes that phone manufacturers are making to the code,” – he added.
Samsung promises eliminate the remaining problems with the release of the next firmware.
search you flaws engaged specialists Project Zero from Google.
According to the team, hackers could easily use some of the vulnerabilities.
“In one week we found 11 problems with the code, which could seriously affect the security of [phone]” – wrote the team in his blog.
“Most of the vulnerabilities we tested the smartphone have been corrected within 90 days using a wireless add-ons”.
The vulnerabilities have been found in the e-mail from Samsung and applications gallery .
Hackers could because of errors hack mail and send e-mails to the phone user to another account.
Another five vulnerabilities concerned image processing systems: two of them are allowed to obtain elevated privileges when opening Image gallery Samsung, and three fires when the image is loaded.
The most interesting experts from Google is called the vulnerability works around the directory in the wireless telephony devices, through which hackers might change other functions, including and in the protection of the phone.
According to Dr. Murdock, this could happen only after a series of operations but in the end, hackers could gain complete control over the device.
“We Android has several levels of security, so that if someone managed to hack into one of them, while others continued to work . This vulnerability could shut down some of the layers of protection, “- he said.
Samsung has confirmed that this vulnerability had been removed in October.
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