Question Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks

[f23948]

Is it unsafe to my Samsung Galaxy A53 5G phone?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ulnerable-to-fingerprint-brute-force-attacks/

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Is it unsafe to my Samsung Galaxy A53 5G phone?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ulnerable-to-fingerprint-brute-force-attacks/

No.

 

[f23948]

No.

Thank you

 

[joeldf]

Is it unsafe to my Samsung Galaxy A53 5G phone?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ulnerable-to-fingerprint-brute-force-attacks/

No.

Thank you

Yeah, it probably helps to actually read the article. Not just the doom and gloom title.

The primary thing to notice is that this "attack" requires physical access to your phone and some time with it to try all the things they have to do to break in.

Give a thief enough time with any device in hand and they'll get in eventually if they really want to. And if they think you have something on it of enough value to spend the resources needed to get it.

Now, if you happen to work for a secret government agency or are high up in a major corporation, and you have a habit of leaving your phone out and leaving it in public, then maybe you need to worry.

 

[B. Diddy]

99.9999999% of the time, these fearmongering articles are about a vulnerability that requires a ridiculously unlikely scenario, or doing something really stupid like installing a malicious apk from a random website just because you didn't want to pay for an app.

 

[f23948]

Can I use fingerprint on my Samsung Galaxy A53 5G phone?

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Can I use fingerprint on my Samsung Galaxy A53 5G phone?

I just Googled it, and the A53 does in fact have a fingerprint sensor. So yes, you can.

 

[joeldf]

I also notice that the "research" was done on all older phones. So, who knows how this affects current Samsungs with newer sensors and software.

The only Samsung tested was the 4 year old S10+ running Android 9.