Safe environment KNOX Samsung is not so safe – show researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel.

On the Samsung, we can read that:

“KNOX is an advanced operating environment of mobile devices used both business and privately. Under conditions of increasingly widespread use of smartphones in business solution KNOX Samsung responds to the needs of security-related components of mobile devices that are enterprise IT infrastructure without prejudice to the privacy of employees. “

Sorry it turns out that technology is not the KNOX safe as provides Samsung. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel have discovered a loophole because it (specifically for smartphone Galaxy S4 ), which via a specially crafted malicious software allows you to capture data communications such as text messages or e-mails. What’s more, the phone can be attacked successfully used to infect other phones working in the secure network.

“Luka is a serious threat to all users of phones based on this architecture” – explains Dudu Mimran, technical director of Ben-Gurion University, who adds, however, that she was qualified for the first, the highest category (gap allows to carry out remote attacks on a secured network).

What is Samsung?

Samsung received the complete documentation on the detected vulnerabilities. He issued a statement, however, which states that it is not as dangerous as the researchers suggest. Currently working on delivering relevant patches.

Update: December 27, 2013 17:35
Below the official position of Samsung and press spokesman:

“Samsung treats any notification regarding security vulnerabilities very seriously, because observations submitted by Ben-Gurion University will be further in-depth analysis. According to our information, the risk seems advisable to be similar to other well-recognized attacks. KNOX Technology already has safeguards against these types of threats, such as: the ability to configure VPN and SSL / TLS. Depending used at the time mechanism, the individual components of the system KNOX provide effective protection against all attacks. Such malware will not be able to disrupt the architecture KNOX not penetrate to the inside. “

Olaf Krynicki
spokesman for Samsung Electronics Poland