Burst Galaxy S3 allows you to delete the remote device

A security researcher demonstrated a way to delete all content Samsung devices with malicious code that can be loaded via QR or text message
S3 also vulnerable
Outbreak was discovered in a series of Samsung's Galaxy devices allows you to delete all of their content and reset the device by running a single command, it can be encoded in the QR code - a square barcode in recent years become a popular way to pass network links directly to mobile phones. Using such code will crawl can see his machine into general reset, but it will be impossible to stop the action. Except for the QR, you can push the code through NFC wireless standard, or through a website which device went.
Gap has been demonstrated by security researcher Ravi Boragaonkar, Ekoparty Conference in Buenos Aires, and was reported by Slashgear website. Works gap Android devices installed them super interface of the Samsung Touchwiz, including Galaxy S3, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Ace and Galaxy S Advance. Appliances Nexus S and Samsung Galaxy Nexis not affected, because they run a clean version of Android.
The solution is to eliminate the Service Loading menu option settings of SMS messages on the phone, because the malicious code is loaded through a mechanism that is linked to that of SMS. Currently, it is unclear whether the interfaces of other companies are also vulnerable, or a problem of Samsung devices only.