Galaxy S22 was hacked in less than a minute during the Pwn2Own competition!

Samsung phones have a built-in hardware security feature called “Knox Security” and almost all of the company’s mid-range and flagship phones use it. Nevertheless, on the third day of the hack competition Pwn2Ownthe participants for the fourth time since the beginning of the competition, Samsung Galaxy S22 hacked and the noteworthy point is that this work only in 55 seconds Done.

The Pwn2Own hacking competition is held annually by the Zero Day Initiative to showcase the skills of hackers and security researchers as well as discover zero-day vulnerabilities. In this competition, which is currently taking place in Toronto, Canada, hackers have managed to identify critical “zero-day” flaws in devices from HP, NETGEAR, TP-Link and even Western Digital.

Hack Galaxy S22 in less than a minute

The Samsung Galaxy S22 flagship phone was also used by many hackers during this competition Many defects of this device is identified. Two major defects of this phone were revealed by the STAR Labs team and the Chim team. On the first day of Pwn2Own, hackers managed to gain full access to the phone. A team called Pentest Limited also managed to fully hack this phone on the second day.

However, the remarkable thing happened on the third day; When the Galaxy S22 was successfully hacked in less than 55 seconds, this shows that the zero-day vulnerability of Samsung’s flagship could be exploited in less than a minute. Security experts Pentest Limited claim they gained access to the device by attacking the system’s “improper input validation”.

It should be noted that according to the rules of the competition, the latest version of the Android operating system and also the latest update of the device had been received. The Pentest Limited team received a $25,000 reward (50% of the total reward) as well as five points for their research and identification of a critical flaw in the Galaxy S22. In addition to the ability of hackers, this shows that even the most powerful phones have certain security flaws.