Android Hacked Via NFC On the Samsung Galaxy S 3 198
An anonymous reader writes with an item from The Next Web: "Security researchers participating in the Mobile Pwn2Own contest at the EuSecWest Conference in Amsterdam [Wednesday] demonstrated how to hack Android through a Near Field Communication (NFC) vulnerability. The 0day exploit was developed by four MWR Labs employees (two in South Africa and two in the UK) for a Samsung Galaxy S 3 phone running Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Two separate security holes were leveraged to completely take over the device, and download all the data from it."
So am I safe? (Score:5, Funny)
This was hacked via NFC. But I live in Pittsburgh, and the Steelers are in the AFC.
So I can assume I am safe?
Re:And... iOS6 (Score:5, Funny)
You must be new here.
Re:And... iOS6 (Score:5, Funny)
At the same event, they also hacked iOS6. Just to give an unbiased view...
So apple can now sue Samsung because they copied the 'security issues'-feature from the iphone into the Galaxy?
Re:So am I safe? (Score:5, Funny)
No. Your defense is weak.