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Samsung cell phones: WhatsApp users should do that immediately
Published on September 15, 2025
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SAMSUNG CONTIONS security gap: WhatsApp users should do that immediately
By T -Online, SHA 15.09.2025 - 2:44 p.m. Reading time: 2 min.
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Hackers use a weak point in Samsung smartphones to attack the devices via WhatsApp.Users should react quickly.
A heavy vulnerability in Samsung phones is used by hackers to target the devices via WhatsApp.This reports, among other things, the IT page "Bleeping Computer".Accordingly, the gap of Samsung smartphones with Android 13 and higher.
Users of these devices should react immediately and install an update provided by Samsung, it is said.Owners of the cell phones can check in the device settings under "Software update" whether the new version is available and then install them.
Samsung recommends installing new updates as soon as they are available, because the company closes, apart from the current weak point, always numerous security gaps with its new software versions.
Possibly other messengers are susceptible to
As "Bleeping Computer" continues, Samsung did not state whether the attacks are only aimed at WhatsApp users with Samsung android devices.However, it could be that other messengers such as Signal or Telegram are also susceptible to the security gap in the cell phones.
However, another security gap in WhatsApp became known, with which attackers can insert malware on foreign devices unnoticed via a manipulated photo unnoticed.This reports, among other things, the IT page "Schmidtis Blog".