Re:Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds
by seanp2k2 on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:59PM
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Yeah, it's pretty disingenuous reporting / [intentional] misunderstanding to sensationalize headlines. I'm sure many dozens of hours of work went into each of these, more likely hundreds. It only impresses people with no familiarity with this type of thing.
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Re:Google Pixel pwned in 60 seconds
by guitarbill on Saturday November 12, 2016 @02:34AM
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No it's not. The timings represent a good proxy for how easy it is to pull off the (weaponised) exploit in the wild.
For example Flash, even when sandboxed, continues to be an extremely easy and lucrative attack vector (relatively speaking). Four seconds puts the exploit in drive-by territory.
A sixty second web exploit is not so useful for "cyber" criminals. But if you can "compromise all aspects of the phone including contacts, photos, messages, and phone calls" in 60 seconds, this is probably worth it.