Samsung left millions of customers exposed to hacking
This outcome could have been a lot worse had malicious hackers decided to take over the domain instead of a security researcher, since the domain would give them the power to push malicious apps to millions of users who might still be using a device with the S Suggest app on it. Samsung disputes the claim and says despite the domain takeover, hackers wouldn’t be able to install malicious apps.
Despite that claim, the security researcher has revealed that in a 24 hour period, he saw 620 million device check-ins from 2.1 million unique devices, which means there’s still a substantial portion of phones out there using apps that are no longer reported. S Suggest’s permissions include the ability to reboot the phone remotely and install apps or packages.
via phandroid