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AirDrop and Quick Share Flaws Expose Devices to Local Attacks

Millions of devices are vulnerable to local attacks due to flaws in popular sharing services like AirDrop and Samsung Quick Share, discovered by researchers Arash Ale Ebrahim and Nils Ole Tippenhauer. They found six distinct flaws that can be exploited by nearby attackers to crash services or bypass security checks.

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