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Feb 15 AT 12:23 PM Taylor Wimberly 24 Comments

Zvelo takes issue with latest Google Wallet update, says service still vulnerable

The Google Wallet drama is far from over. Late last night Google emailed me to inform everyone that they have restored the ability to issue new prepaid cards to the Wallet. Google also issued a fix that prevents an existing prepaid card from being re-provisioned to another user.

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Feb 09 AT 9:42 AM Nick Gray 26 Comments

Google Wallet vulnerability easily reveals user’s PIN on devices that are rooted

Google Wallet has been hacked! Wallet Cracker, an application developed by Zvelo, is able to use brute-force attacks to reveal the Google Wallet PIN number which keeps the application secure. While this vulnerability is as serious as they come, it only affects Android handsets which have been rooted.

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