DOZENS of security flaws have been discovered and fixed for more than 30 Samsung phones.

Of the 29 cyber gaps that have now been plugged, there were five “critical” vulnerabilities.

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Some 34 Samsung devices have been given the patch so far[/caption]

Samsung has not revealed any details about the “critical” vulnerabilities.

Samsung’s January 2025 update, titled S90xBXXSDEXL1, also patches several high-level vulnerabilities affecting the Sound Picker, Samsung Messages, Notification Manager, and Bootloader.

The monthly update is currently being rolled out slowly to all eligible devices.

Some 34 Samsung devices have been given the patch so far, with more expected to receive it in the coming weeks.

Check the list to see if the update has made it to your phone:

1. Galaxy S24
2. Galaxy S24+
3. Galaxy S24 Ultra
4. Galaxy S23
5. Galaxy S23+
6. Galaxy S23 Ultra
7. Galaxy S22
8. Galaxy S22+
9. Galaxy S22 Ultra
10. Galaxy S21
11. Galaxy S21+
12. Galaxy S21 Ultra
13. Galaxy S20
14. Galaxy S20+
15. Galaxy S20 Ultra
16. Galaxy S21 FE
17. Galaxy S20 FE
18. Galaxy Z Flip 6
19. Galaxy Z Fold 6
20. Galaxy Z Fold SE
21. Galaxy Z Flip 5
22. Galaxy Z Fold 5
23. Galaxy Z Flip 4
24. Galaxy Z Fold 4
25. Galaxy Z Flip 3
26. Galaxy Z Fold 3
27. Galaxy A16
28. Galaxy A15
29. Galaxy A14
30. Galaxy A54
31. Galaxy A53
32. Galaxy A32
33. Galaxy Note 20
34. Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

Samsung owners can check for the new update by navigating to Settings > Software Update > Download and install.

An additional 22 Samsung-specific vulnerabilities have also been fixed this month.

So, it’s important to make sure you keep your phone up to date with the latest software.

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The One UI 7 update will bring even more AI features, such as upgraded writing tools and call transcriptions, according to Samsung[/caption]

One UI 7 & Android 15

Samsung has also confirmed it is preparing a stable version of the One UI 7 update, with all the new Android 15 features.

It is set to be released alongside the Galaxy S25 series – Samsung’s newest phone lineup that hits shelves on 7 January.

The update will bring even more AI features, such as upgraded writing tools and call transcriptions, according to Samsung.

“One UI 7 is all about AI-powered personalisation,” the tech giant wrote in a recent community note.

“It’s designed to adapt to your habits, making every interaction with your phone feel more natural and efficient.

“Imagine a smartphone that learns from you, anticipating what you need and offering smarter ways to get things done.”

One UI 7 is expected to be available on the following devices:

Samsung Galaxy S series:

• Galaxy S24 Ultra
• Galaxy S24+
• Galaxy S24
• Galaxy S24 FE
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
• Galaxy S23+
• Galaxy S23
• Galaxy S23 FE
• Galaxy S22 Ultra
• Galaxy S22+
• Galaxy S22
• Galaxy S21 Ultra
• Galaxy S21+
• Galaxy S21
• Galaxy S21 FE

Samsung Galaxy Z models 

• Galaxy Z Fold 6
• Galaxy Z Flip 6
• Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition
• Galaxy Z Fold 5
• Galaxy Z Flip 5
• Galaxy Z Fold 4
• Galaxy Z Flip 4
• Galaxy Z Fold 3
• Galaxy Z Flip 3

Samsung Galaxy A models

• Galaxy A73
• Galaxy A55
• Galaxy A54
• Galaxy A53
• Galaxy A35
• Galaxy A34
• Galaxy A33
• Galaxy A25
• Galaxy A24
• Galaxy A23
• Galaxy A16 
• Galaxy A15 
• Galaxy A14 
• Galaxy A06
• Galaxy A05
• Galaxy A05s

Samsung Galaxy F models 

• Galaxy F55
• Galaxy F54
• Galaxy F34
• Galaxy F15
• Galaxy F14 
• Galaxy F05

Samsung Galaxy M models 

• Galaxy M55
• Galaxy M55s
• Galaxy M54
• Galaxy M53
• Galaxy M35
• Galaxy M34
• Galaxy M33
• Galaxy M15
• Galaxy M14 
• Galaxy M05

Samsung Galaxy Tablets

• Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
• Galaxy Tab S10+
• Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
• Galaxy Tab S9+
• Galaxy Tab S9
• Galaxy Tab S9 FE+
• Galaxy Tab S9 FE
• Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
• Galaxy Tab S8+
• Galaxy Tab S8
• Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024)
• Galaxy Tab A9+
• Galaxy Tab A9
• Galaxy Tab Active 5
• Galaxy Tab Active 4 Pro

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6[/caption]

A YOUNG mum has revealed the terrifying abuse she endured for five years at the hands of her TikTok influencer girlfriend after she secretly filmed her during a brutal attack.

Lauren Javens, 22, believed she was filming her own death as she captured Hollie Hanson spitting vile death threats as she strangled her.

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Lauren Javens (pictured) saved her life by filming one of Hollie Hansen’s atrocious attacks[/caption]

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Hanson (left) was jailed for the years of mental and physical abuse she inflicted on Lauren[/caption]

But the act of bravery resulted in the influencer being caged for the years of torment she’d inflicted – including setting Lauren on fire and smashing vodka bottles over her head.

Hanson, a social media star who has racked up hundreds of thousands of views, was jailed last month after admitting to controlling and coercive behaviour, threats to kill and assault by beating.

Speaking about her horrific ordeal for the first time, Lauren told The Sun: “I want other people to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

“For five years Hollie convinced me that she was the only person that will ever love me in this world. But really that was manipulation.

“She was just abusing me all along. The person I loved was my abuser.

“If by speaking out I can help just one more person, then it is worth it.”

Hanson, 26, subjected Lauren to a brutal campaign of physical and emotional torment which began shortly after the pair first met in 2019.

Lauren was just 17 when 20-year-old Hollie banned her from using her phone, monitored her use of social media and stopped her from seeing friends and family.

Recounting her ordeal, Lauren said: “We got together straight away, as soon as we met.

“I’d just turned 17, and she was my first love. I’d always wanted to be with her – she was quite well-known to people I knew, so I was head over heels when we got together.

 “I just thought she couldn’t do anything wrong. Then she started changing when we moved in together.

“When she’d had a drink, she’d argue with me over irrelevant things. I never argued back because I thought it was just the drink.”

Hollie’s need for control quickly became apparent – Lauren was told that the couple would share just one phone.

She was told she couldn’t have her own social media profile and was ordered to hand over all her passwords.

She destroyed every connection I had – I was pregnant, alone, and completely dependent on her.

Lauren Javens

Lauren said: “This was three months into the relationship. I thought that’s what I needed to do to reassure her.

“Looking back, they were the first steps to controlling every part of my life.

“But I was so young and so in love with her at this point I couldn’t see it.”

Lauren described how Hollie quickly isolated her from family and friends, making her block their numbers and cutting her off completely.

When Hanson was jailed for driving offences in 2020, Lauren fell pregnant in a short-lived relationship.

The pair reconnected upon her release from jail with Hollie soon breaking her promise of a fresh start for the couple.

Lauren said: “She didn’t like that I had a child with someone else. The thought of my baby having a dad made her sick.

“She destroyed every connection I had – I was pregnant, alone, and completely dependent on her.

“She spent my pregnancy telling me I shouldn’t have the baby.

“She was always jealous and even when I was giving birth she was whispering in my ear ‘if this kid looks like his dad I’m leaving you’.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TORTURE

One of the most shocking incidents came shortly after Lauren’s son Enzo was born in 2021.

She said: “When he was two weeks old, she burnt everything he owned.

“She threw it all in a fire bin in the garden – everything was gone. Every single thing he owned.”

The physical abuse sustained by Lauren saw her punched, beaten and even wounded.

In January 2020, Hanson assaulted Lauren with a vodka bottle, knocking her unconscious before slashing at her leg.

Too scared to report the incident, Lauren told medics at hospital that she had accidentally cut herself on a shard of glass.

Lauren said: “She knocked me clean out.

“When I came to, she was holding me in her arms, but I had four gashes on my legs from where she’d attacked me while I was unconscious.

“I thought if I told the doctors what really happened then I’d have nowhere to live – I relied on her for everything.”

In another incident, Hanson poured a jerry can of fuel on Lauren before setting it alight with a cigarette, causing her thigh-high boots to catch fire.

Lauren recalled: “She threw the last bit of her cigarette, and it hit the fuel and there were just flames up my legs.

“I managed to put them out but the boots literally melted to my legs.

“Luckily I had jeans on underneath and not just bare skin, because I’d definitely have scarring after that.”

The abuse wasn’t limited to physical violence.

Hollie destroyed Lauren’s belongings in fits of rage, cutting up her clothes and smashing her makeup.

On another occassion, Hanson hurled an air fryer across the kitchen because the Mexican chicken dish Lauren was cooking for dinner was not what she wanted to eat.

She threw the last bit of her cigarette, and it hit the fuel and there were just flames up my legs.

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“Then she punched me in the face – one blow. I tell you, I had the two biggest black eyes you’ve ever seen in your life,” said Lauren.

“She even refused to let me into the flat sometimes. I’d have to walk the streets until she let me back in.”

Lauren revealed the psychological toll the relationship took on her. “She made me believe I needed her for everything – money, a roof, everything.

“She convinced me I was the problem for so long. I couldn’t cope without her, and she loved that. She knew I’d always go back.”

The breaking point came in September last year during a terrifying incident in which Hollie strangled Lauren while demanding to know who she had been texting.

By this point, Lauren was actively looking to leave the relationship.

She said: “I completely fell out of love with her. She was just horrible, she made me depressed, and I knew that she was the problem at this point.

“She’d convinced me I was the problem for so long. I got to a point where I knew that she was the problem.

“I gained contact with my family again, and she hated that, but I refused to give that up.

“I didn’t rely on her for anything anymore.”

LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT

Fearing for her life as Hollie charged towards her, Lauren reached for her phone and used muscle memory to unlock the device and record the attack.

She said: “She had her hands around my throat, only letting me breathe every few seconds.

“She said, ‘If you don’t tell me, I’m going to kill you. I’d rather kill you than let you be with anyone else.’ I genuinely thought I was going to die.

 “I thought if I die now, someone has to know what happened. I genuinely thought I was filming my own death.

“I could see something had switched in her eyes this time compared to every other attack that she’d ever done.

“I just knew that this time was different,” she added.

Hollie deleted the video from Lauren’s phone, but Lauren had already sent it to her aunt, who kept it as evidence.

The Sun has seen the harrowing footage but has chosen not to show it.

After enduring five years of abuse, Lauren finally escaped.

Hollie was later on the run for 18 days, posting videos on TikTok while hiding out at strangers’ houses before posting on the platform that she would hand herself in.

Now in a healthy relationship with her roofer partner James Javens, 29, Lauren is rebuilding her life and revealed she is pregnant with her second child.

She said: “I’m better now but it still haunts me every day. Five years of my life have just gone and I’ll never get that time back.

“I feel like I was kept captive for five years. “If I were to see someone I knew in the street or in a supermarket and even looked in their direction, she would flip.

“She’d scream in front of them. Honestly, it was just embarrassing. But I just put my head down and just walked on.

“Hollie would promise to change, and I believed her every single time because I wanted her to love me.

“Looking back now, I wasn’t loved, it was just manipulation.

“I couldn’t physically cope without her at all, but she loved that, so she knew that I’d go back to her in a heartbeat.

“My relationship with James is so healthy. He treats me like a princess and I know he will never hurt me.

“We’ve got our own home together so I’ve got stability which is something I’ve never had.”

MONSTER JAILED

Hanson was jailed for four years at Leeds Crown Court after admitting controlling and coercive behaviour, wounding without intent, intentional strangulation, threats to kill and assault by beating.

Judge Mushtaq Khokhar told Hanson: “You banned her from social media. You controlled her financially. You controlled her contact with her own child.

“You were so possessive and obsessed with her, and controlling, that on one occasion you burned her child’s clothing.

“On another occasion, you had poured a jerry can of fuel over her body and then you had thrown the cigarette to become alight.

“Mercifully, no injury was sustained from it but it could have been worse than it was.”

Describing Hanson as a “dangerous offender”, Judge Khokhar said: “It was a horrendous experience to undergo at the hands of someone you think you love.”

He added: “In my judgment, there’s nothing worse than controlling someone’s emotions, their movements and also preventing someone from associating with people that person wants to associate with.

“This behaviour consisted of controlling who she had contact with, who she could meet and who she could not meet. She had to report to you as to where she was at any given time. She could not use her phone at times without your permission.”

The court heard that Hanson has applied for a gender recognition certificate while on remand at HMP New Hall women’s prison.

She now wants to be known as Ryder Hanson with the pronouns ‘he/him’ and ‘they/them’.

Hanson was handed a lifetime restraining order to keep away from Lauren.

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Hanson set Lauren on fire and slashed her legs with broken glass[/caption]

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Lauren has found love with husband James Javens but says her horrifying ordeal still haunts her[/caption]

FORMER Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede has revealed how doing Dancing With The Stars could be helping her lifelong battle with sickle cell disease.

The 25-year-old previously revealed how she needed permission from her doctors to sign up for the dance show because of an undisclosed illness but finally spoke out after Sunday’s show to name the condition.

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She underwent treatment in hospital for her condition last November[/caption]

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Aishah was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at birth[/caption]

Aishah told The Irish Sun: “Opening up on national TV is not an easy thing to do.

“I didn’t expect to do it but I’m happy that sharing my story is going to help people and it has already.

“Sickle cell disease is not something I speak about and there are a few reasons why.

“Number one, I don’t want people to look at me as my illness. I want people to look at me as Aishah, who has done this, done that, who has helped these people, supported these people.

“The second reason is, I’ll be honest, I don’t have the exact same experience other people with sickle cell have.”

The Kildare woman underwent treatment in hospital for her condition as recently as last November.

And she explained: “I am lucky to have a high haemoglobin F, I’m getting a bit scientific right now, but this kind of sickle cell usually presents in people from the Middle East, but obviously I’m African, so it’s quite rare.

“There are a lot of people who have passed away that I know or who have had to get bone marrow surgery because of how serious their health disorder has become but I have been lucky all these years.”

While the former beauty queen had been worried taking part in the RTE show could worsen her condition, she added: “There’s no way in hell I was going to turn that down”.

She said she was thrilled to find out that her hectic dance schedule had her “levels being through the roof” and was impressing doctors”.

Law graduate Aishah, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at birth, dedicated her dance last Sunday night to her mum Kemi who she said was a pillar of support throughout her life.

She said: “She cares a lot, and makes sure I am doing okay. She has a lot of knowledge about the condition”.

Aishah and dance partner Robert Rowiński scored a total of 31 points on Sunday’s show for an African-inspired Samba.

Judge Loraine Barry told them: “When you take on the Samba you take on all the rhythms. That wasn’t enough for you, you added in your Nigerian roots.

“It was wonderful for all of us to see, and to be educated too. A shimmying delight!”

Karen Byrne added: “The sass on that from the beginning. I think we all wanted to get up and join you. Well done!”

Dancing With The Stars continues on RTE One next Sunday with the first dance off.

However Olympian Jack Woolley, has immunity after topping the scoreboard with 38 points last Sunday.

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Aishah was crowned Miss Universe Ireland 2023[/caption]

CHELSEA are ready to stump up almost £2million in wages to give Ben Chilwell the chance of a fresh start.

The defender is on his way to Crystal Palace on loan with a medical scheduled for today.

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Ben Chilwell has played just 45 minutes of football this season[/caption]

And the Blues have agreed to pay half the player’s £190k a week wages until the contract expires on June 30.

That means Palace and his parent club will split his £95k a week pay.

Chilwell, 28, was told last summer that he has no future at Chelsea under incoming boss Enzo Maresca.

He has played only 45 minutes of football since – against League Two Barrow in the Carabao Cup back in September.

Palace want a left-sided player and Chilwell can play either full back or as a centre half.

Chelsea loaned centre half Trevoh Chalobah to Palace during last summer but recalled him two weeks ago to cover a defensive shortage.

Chilwell joined Chelsea from Leicester in a £45million deal in 2020.

He has since played 107 times for the Blues amid several injury lay-offs.

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Last season he acted as vice-captain under Mauricio Pochettino.

He will now aim to resurrect his career at Selhurst Park.

LOVE Island All Stars fans reckon they’ve sussed the real reason Scott Thomas left the villa when he did.

The businessman announced his villa exit to his ITV2 co-stars in emotional scenes last week.

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Love Island fans reckon they have sussed the ‘real’ reason for Scott Thomas’ All Stars exit[/caption]

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Viewers think the businessman is attempting to swerve the explosive Movie Week episode[/caption]

After watching his partner Tina Stinnes, 29, in tears – seemingly unaware of his choice until the moment he let slip – fans admitted their “hearts break” for the Made In Chelsea alum.

Now savvy Love Island fans – familiar with both the regular and All Stars format – reckon the Manchester lad, 36, made his choice specifically so his words about Tina wouldn’t be exposed at Movie Night.

The themed show – which re-plays controversial clips from the series to popcorn-munching Islanders – would have caused havoc according to fans.

This is because they think scenes would show the extent of his comments after he told he was “not feeling it” with Tina.

He also admitted to co-star Gabby Allen how “nothing’s really progressing feelings wise” between him and Tina.

One fan previously wrote on x: “God I cannot wait for movie night for them to show Scott for what he is. Tell everyone but Tina that makes sense.”

Yet now one viewer has retorted: “He’s leaving tonight so it won’t hit like it should.”

A third mused: “Can’t wait for movie night when they roll back the film of Scott saying ‘there’s something missing with Tina’ when he’s specifically just said ‘I’ve never said there’s something missing with you.'”

It came after viewers claimed to notice the exact moment he decided to quit.

SAD FAREWELL

Scott’s departure followed a tense argument with Elma Pazar and Tina, after which he decided the experience “wasn’t for him”.

Scott first broke the news to Luca Bish at the fire pit, telling him, “I just wanted to let you know first.

“I can’t force connections, and I feel like I’ve come here and done everything I wanted to do. I just have to be true to myself.”

Gathering the rest of the islanders, he made an emotional farewell speech, saying, “I don’t want this to be sad, guys, because I’ve had the best time ever, but I’ve made the decision to leave.

“I’ve had the best time ever. Every single one of you is amazing.”

ALL CHANGE

Meanwhile, The Sun can exclusively reveal how Ron Hall has also decided to quit, after failing to find a connection with a girl in the villa.

Ron, who is currently coupled up with latest bombshell Danielle Sellers, has had a tough time in the villa since his late arrival.

And now the former financial advisor, 27, has decided to leave after he “grew tired” of forcing connections and believed he wouldn’t meet his soulmate in there with just two weeks before final.

A source told The Sun: “Ron was the centre of attention on his series, with multiple girls vying for his attention and with Lana always there for him to return to.

“It was a bit of a rude awakening for him this time round as he just couldn’t find a single spark.

“He realised he wasn’t likely to find that connection now and had grown tired of watching the front door for bombshells that might be for him.”

They added: “The Love Island villa is a tough place to be single, especially when matches are sparking all around you – there’s some very loved up couples in there now – and Ron decided it was time to check out.”

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