Smartphone Security Flaw Affecting Millions Discovered by DHS Research conducted by the security firm Kryptowire has revealed "privilege-escalation flaws." The flaws can lead to a complete take-over of an owner's phone without their knowledge. Vincent Sritapan, Department of Homeland Security, via 9TO5 Google This included access <br />to emails and text messages. The study, funded by the Department of Homeland Security, found that the affected phones are sold by Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and other carriers. Officials are expected to reveal more details later this week Last year Amazon stopped selling its Blu phones because of a serious security flaw that was later dismissed as "a false alarm." Reuters reported the Samsung Galaxy S7 phones were unprotected against the so-called Meltdown vulnerability,
