HTC phones reveal Wi-Fi logins

Apps could swipe SSIDs, passwords.

A software bug was found in some HTC Android phones that could allow attackers to steal Wi-Fi credentials and SSID. The US Computer Emergecy Response Team (US-CERT) said the flaw could be exploited by  users who installed applications on affected phones that contained specific permissions. "There is an issue in certain HTC builds of Android that can expose the user's 802.1X password to any program with the 'android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE' permission," US-CERTresearcher Bret Jordan said in a vulnerability note. "When paired with the 'android.permission.INTERNET' permission, an ...
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