One would expect that a tech giant like Samsung would not fall into the trap of releasing devices with security gaps, which could cause serious problems for users.

After all, Samsung’s technicians are particularly experienced in the field of security updates and have been working for years to effectively “armor” their vast catalog of devices. Quite often, the South Korean company has even managed to outpace Google in updating their smartphones.

And yet, it seems that many Samsung phones that were sold in recent years, reached the hands of buyers with a security gap, giving hackers the freedom to invade and steal sensitive information.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that many models of Galaxy S8, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, and Galaxy S21 phones did not properly store their cryptographic keys, allowing hackers to effectively extract the information stored on them, which could include sensitive data, such as password.

The report mentions that researchers bypassed the security measures on Samsung devices. And the question that arises is quite valid: Should their owners be worried?

The answer is no! Mainly because the aforementioned issues have already been corrected by Samsung, which was notified of the problem immediately after its discovery. The first fix began to circulate with the August 2021 security update and a subsequent vulnerability was addressed with the October 2021 security update.

What will be required is for each Samsung smartphone user to ensure that their device has received one of the above updates. If Samsung has ceased support, then one would need to consider using a custom ROM.