Samsung is Going to Fix the Wi-Fi and VoLTE Vulnerability on Effected Galaxy Phones with April Security Updates

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We recently covered a story in which 67 found some severe vulnerabilities in phones using Exynos chipsets. The vulnerability would let the hackers get access to the phone using just the phone number and Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE were the main concerns in causing this issue. Sadly, the issue was not just limited to Samsung phones as it plagued Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 phones, along with some wearables from Samsung, as well as phones from Vivo. Samsung has finally stated the vulnerability. However, the official fix is still not available.

The statement is coming from a Community Manager on the forums, and the representative mentioned how Samsung managed to fix some vulnerabilities that had plagued Exynos-powered Samsung phones and more fixes around those vulnerabilities will be coming with April 2023 security update.

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It is good that Samsung is finally working on a fix, even though it has been some time since the vulnerability was discovered. What's interesting is that the moderator claims that none of the vulnerabilities discovered were severe, which goes against what the team over Project Zero claimed about the device in the first place. Four out of 18 security issues were severe enough to grant hackers complete access to a user's phone and honestly, that does sound severe.

Something is still better than nothing, and while Samsung users are advised to turn off Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE until the patch is finally out, it is worth noting that turning these features off is not a complete safeguard against an attack. However, access to these features is also carrier-specific, wherein not all carriers allow you to access these settings and enable them by default.

If you still want to turn off