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A type of cyberattack that could set your smartphone on fire using its wireless charger

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A team of security experts at the University of Florida working with security audit company CertiK has found that a certain class of cyberattacks could cause a smartphone to catch fire via its wireless charger. The team has posted a paper describing their research and results on the arXiv preprint s...

A type of cyberattack that could set your smartphone on fire using its wireless charger
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  • So... Considering necessary access, it's a quarter step above "cooking a phone in a microwave oven might catch it on fire", IMO.

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