In the wake of two security flaws reported in its Google Wallet mobile payment system last week, Google has clamped down on the system and is scrambling to come up with a fix. One of the two flaws affects only rooted devices. But it’s the second that troubles Google more. That flaw lets anyone operating the victim’s phone gain access to the victim’s prepaid card in Google Wallet simply by going into the device’s applications settings folder, clearing the data for the mobile payment service and setting up a new PIN.
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Google Zips Up Wallet
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 15, 2012 07:00 AMIn the wake of two security flaws reported in its Google Wallet mobile payment system last week, Google has clamped down on the system and is scrambling to come up with a fix. One of the two flaws affects only rooted devices. But it’s the second that troubles Google more. That flaw lets anyone operating the victim’s phone gain access to the victim’s prepaid card in Google Wallet simply by going into the device’s applications settings folder, clearing the data for the mobile payment service and setting up a new PIN.