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Mobile Security News 28 September 2025 - 8 November 2025

Samsung Galaxy S26 Leak Explosion: Massive Camera Upgrades, Thinner Designs & a Shocking S Pen Twist

‘Landfall’ spyware abused Samsung zero‑day (CVE‑2025‑21042) to hack Galaxy phones for months — patched in April: What happened and how to stay safe

Published: November 7, 2025 Security researchers have uncovered a previously unknown, commercial‑grade Android spyware operation—dubbed Landfall—that exploited a zero‑day flaw in Samsung Galaxy phones and ran largely undetected for close to a year, with targets concentrated in parts of the Middle East. Samsung fixed the underlying vulnerability in an April 2025 firmware update, but the campaign and its methods are only now coming to light. TechCrunch+1 What is “Landfall” and how did the hack work? According to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42—whose research underpins today’s coverage—Landfall delivered spyware via malicious image files that abused CVE‑2025‑21042, an out‑of‑bounds write bug in
8 November 2025
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Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Pixel 9 Pro vs OnePlus 13 – The Ultimate 2025 Flagship Showdown

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra may debut ‘Polar ID’ polarized‑light face unlock without IR hardware

Published: November 7, 2025 TL;DR Early test firmware references suggest Samsung is exploring a new facial authentication system called Polar ID for the Galaxy S27 Ultra. The tech reportedly uses polarized light instead of a dedicated IR dot projector, targets ~180 ms unlock times, ties into an ISOCELL Vizion front sensor and a new “BIO‑Fusion Core” secure enclave routine, and is aimed at improving spoof resistance over today’s 2D face unlock. The S27 Ultra itself isn’t expected until early 2027, and Samsung has not confirmed any of this—so treat it as an informed rumor for now. Wccftech+2SamMobile+2 What was leaked
8 November 2025
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Inside China’s Hidden Cyber Machine: How the MSS and ‘Salt Typhoon’ Put Spies in Your Phone Network — and What Comes Next

Inside China’s Hidden Cyber Machine: How the MSS and ‘Salt Typhoon’ Put Spies in Your Phone Network — and What Comes Next

Key facts (as of September 28, 2025) The big picture: from “quiet persistence” to a global telecom dragnet The past year has made clear that China’s cyber apparatus—centered on the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and buttressed by commercial contractors—has retooled for scale and stealth. A rare, globe‑spanning advisory issued by CISA, NSA, FBI, and allied cyber agencies documents how an MSS‑linked cluster overlapping with Salt Typhoon burrowed into telecoms and backbone providers across dozens of countries, abusing network edge devices and trusted interconnects more than individual laptops and servers. CISA Rather than showcase pricey zero‑days, the campaign chain‑exploited widely
28 September 2025
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