12-11-2016 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com

Google Pixel hacked in under 60 seconds by Chinese team

Google’s new flagship just got hacked by a Chinese team at in under 60 seconds. At PwnFest, a hacking competition in Seoul, South Korea, a team of white-hat hackers known as Qihoo 360 demonstrated an exploit that allowed for remote code execution on the Pixel. In under 60 seconds, the team used a zero-day vulnerability to remotely install code on Google’s sought after device. The exploit launched Google Play Store and then Google’s mobile version of Chrome before displaying a
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