Code injection

An issue was discovered in the GAEN aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications protocol through 2020-09-29, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. It allows a user to be put in a position where he or she can be coerced into proving or disproving an exposure notification, because of the...

Govt.-Backed Contact-Tracing Apps Raise Privacy Hackles

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is echoing lawmaker concerns that California is not taking privacy seriously enough, as state legislators mull launching a COVID-19 exposure-notification app based on Apple and Google’s smartphone technology. The U.S. nonprofit, which is aimed at protecting...

Apple/Google Exposure Notification API Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The Apple/Google Exposure Notification API is a contact tracking survey application for pandemic diseases. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Apple/Google Exposure Notification API beta 2020-05-29 and earlier versions, which can be exploited by an attacker to bypass Bluetooth...

CVE-2020-13702

The CVE-2020-13702 entry concerns the Rolling Proximity Identifier used by the Apple/Google Exposure Notification API (beta through 2020-05-29). A secondary temporary UID enables attackers within Beacon/IoT networks to track an individual device’s movements via Bluetooth LE discovery, compromisin...

Google and Apple Plan to Turn Phones into COVID-19 Contact-Tracking Devices

Tech giants Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an interoperable contact-tracing tool that will help individuals determine if they have come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19. As part of this new initiative, the companies are expected to release an API that public agencies...