Lookout Security discovered a method by which hackers could take control over Google Glass by creating a malicious QR Code. July 17, 2013 6:54 AM PDT Google has patched a security vulnerability that could have left Glass users with some major issues. Lookout Security discovered a flaw in Google Glass back in May that allowed a malicious hacker to create a QR Code, and then after it was scanned by Glass, see all of the connections running through the search company's eyewear. The hacker could also deliver a payload over the Internet that would wreak havoc on Google Glass and possibly steal information. Related stories GlassUp takes on Google Glass and Google legal Groom with a view? Larry Page wears Google Glass at wedding Google Glass enters a casino: Watch what happens (or doesn't) Hello, tomorrow: Smart tech and accidental espionage The first arrest filmed on Google Glass? In order to connect to Google Glass, the QR Code would drive a person to an access point that gave the malicious hacker the ability to remotely control the eyewear. In a video posted on YouTube, Lookout Security described the vulnerability and commended Google for promptly fixing it last month. Google Glass is currently in the hands of 10,000 "Explorers." The program is designed to work out the kinks in Glass and prepare the eyewear for a public launch. It's also designed to catch security flaws like this. (Via All Things Digital)
Lookout Security discovered a method by which hackers could take control over Google Glass by creating a malicious QR Code.
Google has patched a security vulnerability that could have left Glass users with some major issues.
Lookout Security discovered a flaw in Google Glass back in May that allowed a malicious hacker to create a QR Code, and then after it was scanned by Glass, see all of the connections running through the search company's eyewear. The hacker could also deliver a payload over the Internet that would wreak havoc on Google Glass and possibly steal information.
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- Google Glass enters a casino: Watch what happens (or doesn't)
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In order to connect to Google Glass, the QR Code would drive a person to an access point that gave the malicious hacker the ability to remotely control the eyewear.
In a video posted on YouTube, Lookout Security described the vulnerability and commended Google for promptly fixing it last month.
Google Glass is currently in the hands of 10,000 "Explorers." The program is designed to work out the kinks in Glass and prepare the eyewear for a public launch. It's also designed to catch security flaws like this.
(Via All Things Digital)
