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08 May, 2015

The advantages of using a NFC, or for that matter any kind of RFID technology, are that you don’t need to implant any batteries — all the power is included in the device that interrogates the chip. In Seth’s case, that device is a nearby Android phone. The pretext for his first major demo is a hacking scenario where his NFC sends a message to the phone that contains a link to a Web page that downloads a file. If the file is then installed, an app then connects to a remote server and allows control of the device.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/204547-android-exploits-with-implanted-nfcs-whats-next