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Samsung today revealed the details of its latest security patch which has been rolled out immediately for most of its flagship smartphones. The latest security patch includes all of the fixes in Google’s June security patch for Android, aside from Samsung-specific fixes that have been baked in by the company itself. One such fix is for a security flaw that enabled thieves to bypass security on the device.

At the top of the list of the flaws that have been fixed in this latest release, Samsung mentions a flaw with Factory Reset Protection that would have enabled an attacker to bypass the security features present to prevent the device from being reset.

Simply put, the security flaw would have allowed someone who stole a smartphone or bought a stolen smartphone to bypass the Factory Reset Protection security feature that’s in place to ensure that stolen handsets are not reset and then used without any problems.

The security flaw has been addressed in this latest update which is being released for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S6 lineup, as well as the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note 4 Edge.

Samsung’s latest security update also includes other tweaks aside from the fixes that Google has rolled out in its latest Android Security Bulletin.

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