Hacking smartphones with malicious replacement parts

[Gerald309]

Hacking smartphones with malicious replacement parts
Posted on Aug 21, 2017 09:05 pm
Smartphone users can now add a new entry to the list of things they need to worry about: their phones being compromised via replacement parts. A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has demonstrated that hardware replacements – e.g. touchscreens, NFC readers, wireless charging controllers, and so on – can be equipped with a chip that is capable of manipulating the device’s communication. And even though they haven’t gone through the trouble … More →
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