Car parking apps vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks
The next time you need to pay for parking, it might be best to have a handful of coins ready for the meter.
That’s the advice from researchers at NCC Group, who recently dissected 6 mobile apps being used as alternatives to paying with coins or cards at parking meters.
Their findings: nearly all were affected by security vulnerabilities, “some more serious than others.” One serious vulnerability has to do with badly implemented encryption.
