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"Google has fixed a security issue that enabled hackers to intercept data from Google Glass and even completely take over control over the device. \nThe attack was based on Glass' ability to automatically recognize QR codes, which can tell it to connect to a Wi-Fi network. \nSee also: What It's Like to Browse the Web on Google Glass\nSecurity firm Lookout discovered the hack, which it detailed in a video (watch above) and a blog post. \nWhen photographed by an unsuspecting Glass user, the code forced Glass to connect silently to a \u201Chostile\u201D WiFi access point that we controlled. That access point in turn allowed us to spy on the connections Glass made, from web requests to images uploaded to the Cloud. Finally, it also allowed us to divert Glass to a page on the access point containing a known Android 4.0.4 web vulnerability that hacked Glass as it browsed the page.\nLookout has since worked with Google to fix the vulnerability, and QR codes are now \u2014 as of version XE6 of the Google Glass software \u2014 only executed when the user actively requests them.\nThe scenario described above required some careful planning and was unlikely likely to actually happen, but it demonstrates the new ways of hacking high-tech devices (in this case, through an image of a malicious QR code).\nIn the same blog post, Lookout explained how a Medtronic insulin pump could be vulnerable to a wireless attack by disabling the pump or making it deliver incorrect dosages of medicine. Although discovered in 2011, this security issue has still not been fixed. \nDo you think new types of connected devices expose us to bigger risks of attack from hackers? Share your thoughts in the comments. \nImage: YouTube, Lookout"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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