The newest smartphones from South Korean company Samsung appear to have recently been tagged with a new bug. What happens is that notification toggles disappear, making it inconvenient to use for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge owners.
This new bug has only been discovered by Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge users now, while it is speculated that the Android 5.1.1 update may have a hand in this, Phone Arena reported. What it does is make some notification toggles disappear from the quick settings menu.
It can become even more inconvenient is when the mobile data, private mode and even mobile hotspot toggle can suddenly disappear. There is currently no official fix for the bug yet, so Samsung has advised users to format the handsets to deal with the bug for now. Of course, this means backing up data to avoid deletion.
Even more dangerous, however, is the new vulnerability spotted for various Samsung Galaxy models. This includes the latest iterations, Samsung Galaxy S6, last year's Samsung Galaxy S5 and other Galaxy models. The vulnerability reportedly puts these Samsung Galaxy smartphones at risk on the hands of hackers.
What happens is that hackers can monitor the camera and messages and even install malicious apps onto these Samsung Galaxy smartphones, Ars Technica reported. The vulnerability was traced to the SwiftKey, a pre-loaded app on several Galaxy devices.
When downloading updates, the Galaxy models are not equipped to encrypt the file, so possible hackers who are on the same Wi-Fi network can introduce malicious software. The biggest downside to this vulnerability is that users are not informed that their information is exposed to the hacker.
Right now, the SwiftKey Keyboard app in the Google Play and App Store are not included in the vulnerability. But for those who have it pre-installed in their Samsung Galaxy smartphone, the risk is still up. For now, the best thing to do to avoid being hacked is to keep away from unsecured Wi-Fi networks.