Article 2JAZC Poisoned wifi signals can take over all Android devices in range, no user intervention required

Poisoned wifi signals can take over all Android devices in range, no user intervention required

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Cory Doctorow
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Vulnerabilities in the Broadcom system-on-a-chip that provides wifi for many Android devices mean that simply lighting up a malicious wifi access point can allow an attacker to compromise every vulnerable device in range, without the users having to take any action -- they don't have to try to connect to the malicious network. (more")

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