Galaxy S23 Series Gets Samsung Message Guard To Prevent Zero-Click Attacks: Report

Samsung Galaxy S23 series reportedly gets the Samsung Message Guard feature, which is a pre-emptive security measurement.

Written by Anees Hussain, Edited by Richa Sharma | Updated: 17 February 2023 18:10 IST

Galaxy S23 Series Gets Samsung Message Guard To Prevent Zero-Click Attacks: Report

Samsung Message Guard will utilise a sand-boxed environment to simulate receiving the image

Highlights

Samsung Message Gaurd pre-activated on Galaxy S23 smartphones
Images recieved on Samsung Messages, Messages by Google will be secured
Feature is expected to support third-party messaging apps in the future

Samsung Galaxy S23 series was recently launched as the South Korean conglomerate's flagship smartphone lineup of the year. With Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Ultra, and Galaxy S23 Plus smartphones, the series has been making headlines for quite some time now. The latest development around the already launched flagship lineup from Samsung enhances its security capabilities. Samsung Galaxy S23 series has reportedly received the Samsung Message Guard feature, which aims to prevent malicious zero-click attacks through images sent to the smartphone. While the latest Samsung Galaxy S series phones have not reported of such issues yet, malicious attackers have been seen in the past carrying out such attacks.

According to a report by PhoneArena, Samsung has confirmed to introduce Smasung Message Guard to its latest Samsung Galaxy S23 series, which includes the vanilla Galaxy S23, the higher-end Galaxy S23 Plus, and the top-end Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphones. The pre-emptive security feature prevents attackers from exploiting zero-click images, which could give the attacker access and control to the user's messages, gallery, and even extremely sensitive information like login credentials to banking applications.

However, the report mentions that Samsung emphasises on calling this a pre-emptive feature as no such zero-click exploit cases have been reported so far on its' Galaxy smartphones.

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Samsung Message Guard will utilise a sand-boxed environment to simulate receiving the image while checking whether it could contain any potentially harmful or malicious code that could be exploited by an attacker. The virtual quarantine would allow the system to detect any hazard residing in the components of the image and neutralise it to prevent serious damage to the user's smartphone or sensitive data stored in it.

The feature comes pre-activated and hence, users would not be required to carry out any further steps in order to protect their phones from such potential zero-click exploits, added the report.

Currently, the feature is supported on Samsung Messages and Messages by Google application. However, the South Korean conglomerate is expected to update security feature to be compatible with third-party messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, and others, in the future.

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Samsung Galaxy S23

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Compact design that?s hard to beat
Long-term software update commitment
Good performance, effective heat management
All-day battery life
IP68 rated

Bad
Only minor design changes
Relatively slow charging

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Display 6.10-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Front Camera 12-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 3,900mAh

OS Android 13

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Samsung Galaxy S23+

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.60-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Front Camera 12-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB

Battery Capacity 4,700mAh

OS Android 13

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Unique design
Bright and accurate display
Good gaming performance
Excellent cameras, quality video recording
Solid battery life

Bad
Expensive
Still too large for most hands
Loaded with bloatware
Relatively slow charging

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Display 6.80-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Front Camera 12-megapixel

Rear Camera 200-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 13

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