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NFC Phone Hacking

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(@trewmte)
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"…presentation included a demonstration of the use of a malicious NFC device which, simply when placed close enough to a user's phone, resulted in a complete compromise of the phone, or what security people call "remote code execution."

http//www.informationweek.com/byte/news/personal-tech/wireless/240004386?


   
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(@c-r-s)
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Same approach as for the early WAP Push Midnight Raids. Seems that manufacturers have to make a mistake on every sort of communication before they learn something.


   
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(@trewmte)
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Same approach as for the early WAP Push Midnight Raids. Seems that manufacturers have to make a mistake on every sort of communication before they learn something.

Yes, that's an interesting observation about WAP and not learning from past mistakes.


   
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