New Firewall Developed at Ben-Gurion U. Protects Cellphones from Hardware Security Threat (image)

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Cellphone parts harboring malicious code can be surreptitiously placed in various replaceable phone components, compromising user data and security. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers areThe researchers are seeking to further test the patent-pending technology with phone manufacturers.

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Ben-Gurion U.

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