Analysis of EM Side Channel Attacks On Smartphones (Fraunhofer AISEC, BSI, TUM)


A new technical paper titled "Breaking ECDSA with Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attacks: Challenges and Practicality on Modern Smartphones" was published by researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC), German Federal Office for Information Security, and TU Munich. Abstract "Smartphones handle sensitive tasks such as messaging and payment and may soon sup... » read more

Authenticating Batteries Before Rapid And Fast Charging


If asked, most consumers will complain about the battery life of their smartphone. In reality, this is more a charging issue since, with traditional charging solutions, even a couple of hours of charging can result in a minimal improvement in charge on some handsets. Smartphone manufacturers are differentiating their offering by providing fast or rapid charging solutions. However, this places t... » read more

Smartphones Show Their Weaknesses


According to researchers at the University of Michigan, a weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users. This hack was demonstrated in an Android phone and was successful between 82 and 92% of the time on six of seven popular apps that were tested. Gmail, CHASE Bank and H&R Block were among those ... » read more