Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Woochul Shim

Sunwoo Kim

Yongho Hwang

Jonghyuk Song

Joonun Jang

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a communication interface; a memory configured to store authentication information shared with an external electronic device; and a processor configured to: identify a loss of the external electronic device based on a failure of a communication connection to the external electronic device for a first specified time period; obtain information related to the loss of the external electronic device, and generate a remote lock request message requesting locking of the external electronic device, the remote lock request message including the information related to the loss of the external electronic device and the authentication information shared with the external electronic device; and transmit the remote lock request message to an external server through the communication interface. Other embodiments may also be available.

Electronic device and method of controlling remote locking of external electronic device based on Bluetooth

According to one or more embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a display device; a memory for storing at least one source code and a comparison file including any one of a modification and a vulnerability, in which each of at least one character string included in a patch file corresponding to the at least one source code is classified; and a processor functionally connected to the memory and the display device, wherein the processor can be set to load the at least one source code stored in the memory, compare a character string included in the comparison file corresponding to the at least one source code with a character string included in the source code, and provide, through an output device, at least one piece of information from among pieces of information about whether the identified source code is patched, the probability that the source code is patched, and a vulnerability in the source code, on the basis of the result of the comparison.

Electronic device detecting software vulnerability and method for operating same

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device comprises: a display; a storage for storing a user's personal information and biometric information; a biometric unit; and a processor for, when a screen provided on the display includes a virtual keyboard, identifying a user corresponding to biometric information acquired through the biometric unit on the basis of the stored biometric information, performing screen analysis so as to identify an information type required by a result of the screen analysis, acquiring information corresponding to the information type from the user's personal information, and inputting the acquired information onto the screen.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Woochul Shim