SMRTR TechOct 13, 2025Hacker News

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

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Researchers found "Pixnapping," an attack where malicious Android apps steal 2FA codes and private data by exploiting GPU timing to read other apps' pixels. The attack needs no special permissions and successfully stole authentication codes in 29-73% of tests.

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