Watch: Samsung Galaxy S II Security Bug Leaves Locked Phones Exposed [Video]

Uh-oh, it looks like some versions of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S II might be going out the door to customers next week with a serious security flaw that leaves locked phones wide open.

BGR reports that their test model of the AT&T Galaxy S II would let them past the locked screen without entering the code. The trick? After waking the phone up it prompts you for your preset pattern code. Wait for the screen to go black, wake it up again, and voila—full access to the phone. The flaw only happens if the phone has been unlocked since the last power up, and it doesn't happen to Sprint versions of the Galaxy S II.

It's it important to note that this is only a test model of the the Galaxy S II, and that Samsung might have fixed the flaw on the phones that are about to ship next week. It's unclear whether Samsung knew about the bug before today, but if they're just finding out, it could be a while before there's a fix. Samsung is reportedly "investigating." We've reached out for comment, and we'll update when we hear back. The video above shows the flaw in action. [BGR via TechCrunch]

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Swedish Nature Photographer Exposed as Giant Photoshopping Fraud [Photography]

How'd Terje Helles win the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's top prize for 2010? By capturing so many incredible shots of endangered species! And how'd he miraculously find all of these rare animals? On internet stock photography sites. So busted.

Helles' award-winning cheating was discovered by Swedish animal conservationist Gunnar Gloerson, who called him out on his own blog after noticing fishy photographs. Not only were Terje's photos suspiciously in appearance, but he was taking a highly suspicious number of them, noted Gloerson: "In less than a year, [Helles] became friends with six wild lynx in Mullingar! A total of 150 lynx observations at 9 months!...Most nature photographers are struggling for life for the perfect shot where the light is perfect and the wild animal is in the right place. This photographer seems to take such a picture [every] week!"

Helles' photos seemed too good to be true because they were—he was ripping animals off of stock photo sites and calling composites the real thing. And he wasn't even doing it well.

Did this revelation really need Gloerson's skepticism? If you look at Helles' work, a lot of the stuff is completely ridiculous. This "photo" of a Lynx looks like it was pieced together in MS Paint, not captured in the wild.

His photo of a Siberian jay looks like CGI to begin with. How did this stupid-looking, blurry charade fool anyone, let alone the Environmental Protection Agency? Shouldn't the people whose jobs it is to recognize the rarity of animals raised an eyebrow when they started popping up everywhere? PetaPixel Helles might lose his prize, but it seems like some people at the Swedish EPA should lose their jobs—a little too ignorant of both tech and the wilderness. [UPI via PetaPixel]

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