NFC World » ViaForensics http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Google Wallet faces its second hack of the week http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/10/313123/google-wallet-faces-its-second-hack-of-the-week/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/10/313123/google-wallet-faces-its-second-hack-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:48:21 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=13123 The latest Google Wallet hack is the first to impact users of stock Android phones and allows anyone who obtains a lost or stolen device which does not have a screen lock set up to gain access to and spend the owner's prepaid card balance.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/02/10/313123/google-wallet-faces-its-second-hack-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Security researchers raise Google Wallet concerns http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/13/311922/security-researchers-raise-google-wallet-concerns/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/12/13/311922/security-researchers-raise-google-wallet-concerns/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:54:37 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=11922 The amount of unencrypted data stored by the Google Wallet app "surpasses what we believe most consumers find acceptable," says digital forensics specialist viaForensics in a report on the security of the search giant's NFC wallet — but no access to the secure element was gained.

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