Samsung's new OS Tizen 2.0 source code released

The Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK has officially been released. Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems and it's designed to run apps written using web technologies...

Samsung's new OS Tizen 2.0 source code released

The Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK has officially been released. Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems and it’s designed to run apps written using web technologies...

VMSA-2013-0003:VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues.

VMSA-2013-0003 VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2013-0003 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC...

Samsung Fixes Remote Wipe Flaw in Galaxy S III Smartphones

Smartphone developer Samsung has reportedly fixed a flaw in one of its newest phones, the Galaxy S III, that allows attackers to remotely wipe the phone’s contents. The patch addresses a flaw presented at the Ekoparty Security Conference in Argentina late last week that showed how easy it was to...

New Android Exploit Could Force Factory Reset remotely

Clicking one wrong link can cause malicious code to execute, which could do anything from infecting your computer with malware to, apparently, wiping your phone data completely. At the Ekoparty security conference, researcher Ravi Borganokar demonstrated at the Ekoparty security conference in...

Android 4.0.4 multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

The Samsung Galaxy S3 can be hacked via NFC, allowing attackers to download all data from the Android smartphone, security researchers demonstrated during the Mobile Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam. Using a pair of zero day vulnerabilities, a team of security researchers from U.K.-based MWR Labs...

Researcher Charlie Miller Joins Twitter Security Team

Twitter quietly is assembling a serious security team, with the most recent addition being Charlie Miller, the security researcher known for finding a long line of bugs in the iPhone and other Apple products. Miller, a respected and prolific researcher, will join the social network’s security tea...

USN-1514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

Charlie Miller Takes on NFC, Charlie Miller Wins

LAS VEGAS–Do not stand near Charlie Miller. Actually, you might not even want to let him walk past you. It’s not that Miller is a bad person, you understand. The problem is that Miller has figured out a couple of methods that enable him–or an attacker–to use the NFC chip in some phones to exploit...

Security researchers will disclose vulnerabilities in Embedded, ARM, x86 & NFC

Security researchers are expected to disclose new vulnerabilities in near field communication NFC, mobile baseband firmware, HTML5 and Web application firewalls next week at the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference. The Black Hat session aim to expose sometimes shocking vulnerabilities in widel...

Apple Receives NFC Patent, But Takes It Slow with Mobile Payments

Apple was granted a patent on Tuesday by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Near Field Communications NFC-enabled travel management application, furthering speculation that the company is readying mobile payment technology for future versions of its iPhone product. The Web site...

CVE-2012-3364

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Near Field Communication Controller Interface NCI in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via incoming frames with crafted length fields...

Fedora 16 : raptor2-2.0.7-1.fc16 (2012-4663)

new raptor2-2.0.7 release highlights : - CVE-2012-0037 fixed - Removed Expat support - Removed internal Unicode NFC code for better and optional ICU - Added options for denying file requests and XML entity loading - Added options for SSL certificate verifying - Fixed reported issues: 0000448 and...

QR Tags Can Hide Malicious Links, Experts Warn

QR tags have become the next big thing in interactive marketing. But as smart phone users flock to the trendy, postage-stamp sized bar codes, researchers are warning that they could be used to hijack mobile phones by directing them to malicious Web pages. In a post on the mobile security blog...

NFC connectivity troubleshooting steps

Challenge A job fails with an error related to NFC Network File Copy connectivity. For example: Error: NFC storage connection is unavailable. Failed to create NFC download stream. Failed to create NFC upload stream. Cause The cause of most NFC errors fall into 4 primary categories: DNS The proxy ...

U.S. Playing Catch Up in Security for Contactless Devices

AMHERST, MASS.– The U.S. may boast the world’s largest economy, richest technology companies and a lion’s share of its top research universities. But when it comes to the subject of security of RFID Radio Frequency ID and other contactless technologies, America is still playing catch-up. The U.S....

Experts Converge at RFIDsec to Discuss NFC Security Implications

RFID security problems have been biting at the ankles of users and companies that deploy the technology for several years now, but they’ve been mostly on the fringes of mainstream security concerns. But now, as the technology becomes more widespread and pervasive, that is beginning to change...

Android NFC Bug Could Be First Of Many

Google is working on a fix for a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Nexus S Android phones that could cause applications on the phone to crash using incorrectly formated Near Field Communications NFC transactions. The issue, which will be discussed at an upcoming technical conference on...

Poken.com Cross Site Request Forgery

Poken is a technology that utilizes a proprietary Near Field Communication NFC technology to allow the exchange of online social networking data between two keychain accessories. Poken.com is the website where poken users can edit their profiles, and browse other poken friends they already met...

Android Update Adds Protections For Mobile Clickjacking

Google released the latest version of its Android mobile operating system on Monday, adding security features that it says will make it tougher for mobile device users to be subjected to “clickjacking” attacks that trick them into clicking on hidden or disguised user interface elements. The compa...