Security News > 2019 > July > AWDL flaws open Apple users to tracking, MitM, malware planting

Vulnerabilities in Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL), the wireless protocol that underpins Apple’s AirPlay and AirDrop services, could allow attackers to track users in spite of MAC randomization, to intercept and modify transmitted files, and to prevent transmission or crash devices altogether. Apple has already fixed one of the DoS vulnerabilities, but the other holes are not that easy to plug. What is AWDL? “With deployments on over one billion devices, spanning several Apple operating … More → The post AWDL flaws open Apple users to tracking, MitM, malware planting appeared first on Help Net Security.

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