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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Android Wi-Fi Direct bug means hackers can reboot your device

A vulnerability in Android’s Wi-Fi Direct functionality has been uncovered by security researchers.
Wi-Fi Direct – the technology that allows two devices (including printers, cameras and PCs) to connect directly via a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection without a wireless router – has an issue affecting a number of Android devices. The bug is in the form of a remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability, specifically an uncaught exception, and it affects certain Android devices scanning for other Wi-Fi Direct products.


Android Wi-Fi Direct bug means hackers can reboot your device

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