Apple AirDrop and Android Quick Share flaws expose users to wireless attacks

Security researchers have identified six previously undocumented vulnerabilities in Apple AirDrop and Google/Samsung Quick Share after conducting the first comprehensive reverse engineering and security analysis of both proprietary proximity file-sharing protocols. While the flaws range from denial-of-service bugs to authentication and encryption bypasses, the researchers say they demonstrate that wireless file-sharing services expose a broad …

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