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Zimperium customers are safe from Samsung Keyboard Security Risk

ID: 8627be0b-1b77-5b38-a0e6-02a413f9c034

STIX ID: report--8627be0b-1b77-5b38-a0e6-02a413f9c034

Feed Name: Zimperium Blog

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2015-07-01

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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The report outlines a security vulnerability discovered by NowSecure in which pre-installed SwiftKey on many Samsung phones updates over an insecure channel, allowing an attacker on the same Wi‑Fi network to remotely execute code with system privileges; it explains impact, notes low probability of exploitation observed in the advisory, recommends encrypted and signed update mechanisms, and highlights Zimperium's zIPS as a mitigation.

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