<ul><li>Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44068 (CVSS score of 8.1), which is exploited in the wild.</li><li>The vulnerability is a use-after-free issue, where attackers could exploit the flaw to escalate privileges on a vulnerable Android device.</li><li>Samsung addressed the vulnerability with the release of security updates in October 2024.</li><li>The fact that Google TAG discovered the flaw suggests that commercial spyware vendors may have used the exploit to target Samsung devices.</li></ul>

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