Samsung Qihoo 360: spyware on company devices

Samsung phones and tablets seem to contain some spyware that communicates regularly with servers in China.

A Publication on reddit mentions a well-known feature called Device Care and it is available on all Samsung phones and tablets.

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As Samsung itself confirms, the “" of Device Care "feeds the 360", but does not give information about what information the phone sends to China.

Qihoo 360 is the company that Samsung refers to, and is said to have been involved in various illegal data collection scandals.

Ο who started the reddit post says that working with such a company and having access to all the data on the device is extremely dangerous.

"The 'Storage' module on your phone has full access to all your personal data (as part of the system) and sends this data to the Chinese government when required."

A closer look at Device Care's "Storage" module reveals that when launched, the feature communicates with several servers in China, although it is not yet known which data it sends.

"Unfortunately I was not able to analyze what exactly was transferred to the servers, as I had to make a man in a middle attack on my phone, which requires root access," said the researcher.

Εν τω μεταξύ ο αποκλεισμός του Device Care απαιτεί πρόσβαση root. Οι πελάτες της Samsung έχουν αρχίσει ήδη να δημοσιεύουν στα επίσημα forum αιτήματα ένα αίτημα για κατάργηση του Qihoo 360 by Device Care.

https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Note10/Please-remove-Qihoo-360-from-Device-Care/td-p/1053778

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