The most recent effort, the one that brings us here, is a twirl in the direction of Nexus devices, pieces of hardware that already take a close to pole position in the Android security food chain.
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“Security has always been a major focus for Android and Google Play”.
Samsung’s bold plan comes less than a day after Google promised it was also going to beef up its approach to keeping Nexus device owners protected against viruses and malware.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions. The company will also release the update to the Android Open Source Project, making it possible for other phone makers or custom ROM builders to incorporate the fixes.
Google is ramping up efforts to provide a safe space for its users following the release of information behind the Stagefright vulnerabilities which security experts called “the worst Android vulnerabilities discovered to date.”
Google, Samsung and LG will start to issue monthly security patches for Android devices, taking a cue from the PC industry after critical vulnerabilities put hundreds of millions of smartphone users at risk. Users who purchase phones on contract through wireless carriers tend to have tweaked versions of Android specific to those carriers. Details on which models will get faster updates has yet to be determined, but it’s a good bet that the newer handsets will see the updates. Wednesday’s updates include a fix for the Stagefright flaw.
The first update began rolling out Wednesday and aims to address a problem with a feature in some of its devices that researchers said could allow a malicious hacker to take it over by simply sending a text.
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Samsung announced today that it’s implementing a new update process to better protect its Galaxy devices from security flaws.
