Swiftkey Security Slipup Exposes Samsung Smartphones

At least 600 million Samsung smartphones are vulnerable to remote attacks because of the way the company implemented the SwiftKey keyboard, NowSecure researcher Ryan Welton warned Tuesday. A phone can be attacked if it's connected to a compromised or malicious WiFi network and the SwiftKey app is updating existing languages or adding a new language pack. The preinstalled keyboard cannot be disabled or uninstalled, and it can be exploited even when it's not used as the default keyboard, said NowSecure CEO Andrew Hoog.

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