Hacking smartphones with malicious replacement parts

Smartphone users can now add a new entry to the list of things they need to worry about: their phones being compromised via replacement parts. A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has demonstrated that hardware replacements – e.g. touchscreens, NFC readers, wireless charging controllers, and so on – can be equipped…

7 Hardware & Firmware Hacks Highlighted at Black Hat 2017

When enterprises build their security models based on implied trust at the hardware and firmware level, they’re building them on a foundation of sand. Security researchers are going to repeatedly hammer that lesson home at Black Hat this week as they demonstrate a range of vulnerabilities, attack techniques and tools designed to get as close…