Samsung works closely with Google and Microsoft to develop steps to prevent state-level cybertacks, a senior executive at the company said on Friday. Confirmation came only a few days after Apple announced the locking mode, a new feature for the iPhone, iPad and Mac designed to protect users at high risk from sophisticated spyware attacks.
“We recognize that there are a large number of state -level cyber attacks that are being launched,” Dr. Seungwon Shin, Vice President of Samsung Electronics and Head of Security in the Cellular Communication Division of the company said during the virtual round table with Select Media. “We are working closely with Google and Microsoft to develop steps to prevent such cyber attacks,” he added.
Samsung offers many layers of protection in all galaxy devices that include hardware and applications. All data is encrypted by the key made by users who “There are no other vendors including Samsung that can decrypise.” Users, in addition, can store sensitive information on the device from looking at the eyes through special work and personal profiles and, also, locking it behind the “safe folder”. Real-time monitoring system can detect “possible abnormal behavior” on this device.
In the heart all Samsung’s privacy and security efforts are located “Knox”, a safe environment based on isolated hardware, which stores all sensitive user information including PINs and Passwords, in one place. It offers safe and safe DNS Wi-Fi, and by default, using a domain provided by a trusted DNS provider such as Google and “This allows us to prevent the potential for phishing attacks.”
During Covid, the company has seen an increase in the number of banking trojans, in particular.
“We cannot collect data without user approval, but as long as they use the basic features available on our cellphones and also, for example, using a safe DNS domain provided by a trusted provider, we will be able to prevent any attack [Phishing],” said Dr. Shin, added that for “those who passed this, there was no way for us to identify it because we could not collect user data for reasons of user privacy. “
Very sophisticated spyware, because it is being widely documented, can break into the device without requiring victims to click on anything. The government is suspected of using these tools to oversee human rights activists, journalists, and opposition leaders. Apple users have recently faced a large number of security violations, mostly associated with NSO groups based in Israel and Pegasus spyware.
Apple’s announcement of the locking mode feature can be considered as a recognition that it fails to protect its products such as iPhone-is generally seen as safer than Android colleagues-against the intrusion of hackers supported by the state. This feature will allow users to effectively close the iPhone, iPad and Mac parts from attacks, including facetime calls that are not requested and email attachments with movie buttons. Spyware makers will naturally try to find ways to avoid locking modes and Apple will pay up to $ 2 million to researchers who report vulnerability in features in an effort to remain more advanced.
It is not clear whether Samsung works on a special switch – such as locking – or something wider and more complicated to secure user data.
Regarding the problem of entering the future without a password and sustainable work company with Fido Alliance, Dr. Shin said, “We announced our framework to support Passkey in May and we did our best to become the initial adoption. We want to introduce the latest Fido technology on our device as early as possible because one of Samsung’s core values is to democratize innovation and [only] by demonstrating new innovation and technology, we can encourage the industry going forward. “
Made by Fido and World Wide Web Consortium, the new Fido standard aims to allow applications and websites to have a single, safe, and integrated login on various devices, even platforms such as Windows, MacOS, and Chrome OS. The idea behind Fido’s standard is that users will use the same action – finger or face, or device pins – they use several times every day to, also, enter the applications and websites. Because all of these data already exist locally on the device, it tends to be hacked. Even the password code once sent via SMS can be falsified.
Samsung recently introduced it in an internet browser application planted at home and now “working together [with Fido] in various ways of biometric authenticutors to replace passwords.” Apple, Google, and Microsoft also openly embrace new standards.