Security Alert: Beware of SMS Messages That Can Take Control of Your Phone
April 20, 2009 by John Messina
(PhysOrg.com) -- Trust Digital has proven that an attacker with the right knowledge and toolkits can remotely hijack a phone by sending an SMS message to it. The attack would be most effective if it took place in the middle of the night while you are asleep.
The attack, on your phone, would start by receiving a text message that would automatically start up the web browser and direct it to malicious Web site. The site would then download an executable file to the phone and steal all your personal data.
The following video demonstrates this:
In another type of attack, a phone using the WiFi network could be hijacked by receiving a control type of SMS message over the GSM network. The attacker would then use special toolkits to sniff out the phone's data and obtain your personal information.
This process is demonstrated in the following YouTube video:
These attacks are real and can originate from any where in the world. Trust Digital recently announced software called EMM 8.0 that can help organizations protect employee phones from these types of attacks.
For detailed information about EMM 8.0 software, please visit the Trust Digital Web site.
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Trust Digital probably developped those hacks (if they are even real) so they can scare people into buying their software.
This could have been an interesting article if it provided all the crucial details like which phones are vulnerable, how the manufacturers reacted and how to download a patch. As it is this is just an ad for this shitty company which want's to profit from this vulnerability and peoples fear, too bad physorg posts such crap.
In the old days the mobs ran this racket, they called it "protection" just like Trust Digital does
"Trust Digital recently announced software called EMM 8.0 that can help organizations PROTECT employee phones from these types of attacks"
EdP said it all.