Samsung users take note: You don't need third-party apps to update the firmware on your devices, and more importantly, you don't have to pay for them. An expose by malware analyst Aleksejs Kuprins of CSIS Security Group shows that 10 million unsuspecting users have been tricked into installing the Updates For Samsung app, which claims to provide “every Android update for Samsung devices”. It redirects users to a blog website, first enticing them with free firmware downloads, then pushing them to pay for updates that in reality are available for free. The payment doesn’t happen on Google Play, where the app is surprisingly still available, according to Kuprins – instead the app sends the user's credit card info to another site. If you own a Samsung device, the firmware update, if any is available, can be found under Settings.

Source: The Star July 05, 2019 09:11 UTC