CERT-IN Advisory [alert by government]

[Anand_Avn]

Take a look at this government alert for those who might be unaware.

[Sources - https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/govt-issues-warning-for-some-samsung-phones-advises-urg...]

 Initially, I thought it could be false, so I decided to verify it on CERT-IN's website. There, I discovered that it's indeed true.

[Source ‐ https://cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2023-0360]

Exploration on Samsung's Website: 

Even after visiting Samsung's official website, I encountered the same information 

[sources ‐ https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=12]

However, the presence of technical terms made it unclear whether the issue had been resolved. To seek clarity, I decided to reach out to customer care. 

Unfortunately, they outright denied the information, labeling it as false. Despite sharing evidence from CERT-IN and Samsung's security updates website, they insisted on the exclusivity of "https://www.samsung.com/in/," claiming any other information was false. 

In response to this, I penned an email to Samsung's service head, highlighting the lack of knowledge among their customer representatives. 

what I noticed.

For your information, based on website data, Samsung privately disclosed this issue onSeptember 22, 2023, whereas the Indian Government issued alerts onDecember 13, 2023 (notice the time gap). It's a reminder not to rely solely on media sources. 

 Security Patch Release:

 According to [Samsung's security update page](https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023&month=12), they claim that the patch has been released under SMR DEC 2023 (December security patch update). 

[SauRabhji]

Great job 👍🏻

[Flickr68]

Thank you very much. Good work. 👍

[DeeptiYdv]

Appriciations for your efforts...and informing us too.

[Dev_]

That's awesome... you just nailed it.. the real investigator...

[RαʝҽʂԋKυɱαɾ21]

To stop this, they must have provided updates, but only for high-end phones and new devices, not for all phones running on the mentioned Android version,

They must immediately push patch updates on all vulnerable devices.

[Anand_Avn]

Yeah, it seems it has been fixed only dec security patch update(flagship phones only).
It means older device still vulnerable till upcoming update.

[avisangle]

Thanks for detailed updates... Great 👍

[raunaksingh]

F54 is Running on August security patch 😑

[Khan_2398av]

Yes