Samsung Galaxy S5 has a scary bug that could allow hackers to steal your fingerprints

New Delhi: Samsung's Galaxy S5 smartphone has a scary bug that could potentially allow hackers to steal your fingerprints!

Researchers at FireEye have discovered a flaw in the fingerprint scanner of Samsung's flagship device that could allow hackers to breach into the so-called 'trusted zone,' where the device stores your fingerprint data, and use it for malicious purposes.

FireEye researcher Yulong Zhang says that if the hacker is able to break the Android kernel, he can directly read the fingerprint sensor at any time and every time you unlock or lock your device, the hacker can steal the fingerprint.

Although accessing the data from the trusted zone isn't possible, but hacker could get the data from your usage and generate the image of the fingerprint.

A BGR report says that Samsung is investigating the claims made by the security research firm and will issue patches if the vulnerability is discovered.