Sunday, July 29, 2012

Hacker uses NFC to pwn Android phones

Hacker uses NFC to pwn Android phones

. Esteemed hacker Charlie Miller, who made a name for himself embarrassing Apple engineers with his iOS hacks, has returned with a big, juicy target in his sites: the Near Field Communications technology used to send mobile payments over smartphones. Ars Technica reports that Miller showed off his latest smartphone hack at Black Hat USA on Wednesday that involved using NFC to force someone's Android smartphone to go to a malicious website and download malware.

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