Samsung has patch for Swiftkey vulnerability as reported earlier. An update will soon rollout to fix this issue.

The company will use Knox security suite to deliver the patch. Samsung is now closely working with Swiftkey to make sure that such lapses won’t happen again.

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Here is an official statement from Samsung on the matter:

“Samsung takes emerging security threats very seriously. We are aware of the recent issue reported by several media outlets and are committed to providing the latest in mobile security. Samsung Knox has the capability to update the security policy of the phones, over-the-air, to invalidate any potential vulnerabilities caused by this issue. The security policy updates will begin rolling out in a few days. In addition to the security policy update, we are also working with SwiftKey to address potential risks going forward.”

It is a significant point to note that only the pre-installed SwiftKey app on Samsung Galaxy S smartphones is vulnerable, and not the one from Google Play.