Researchers show Android devices susceptible to eavesdropping
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 08:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Following up on research done by Dan Wallach of Princeton University, that suggested Android devices were susceptible to an eavesdropping risk on open WiFi networks, German researchers Bastian Könings, Jens Nickels, and Florian Schaub have shown that by using commercially available software (Wireshark) they were able to listen in on an open WiFi network and gain sufficient information to impersonate a legitimate user. Posting their results on the University of Ulm website, they describe how they were able to obtain access to Google calendar and contact data as well as Picasa images via the capture of authentication tokens.