Hacking experts find new ways to attack Android phones - Sci/Tech - DNA

Hacking experts on Wednesday demons-
trated ways to attack Android smartphones using methods they said work on virtually
all such devices in use today, despite recent efforts by search engine giant Google to
boost protection.

Experts showed off their prowess at the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas, where some 6,500 corporate and government security technology workers gathered to learn about emerging threats to their networks.

"Google is making progress, but the authors of malicious software are moving forward," said Sean Schulte of Trustwave's SpiderLabs. Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano declined to
comment on the security concerns or the new
research.
Accuvant researcher Charlie Miller
demonstrated a method for delivering malicious
code to Android phones using a new Android
feature known as near field communications.


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