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Israeli Firm Creates a Device That Can Hack Any Nearby Phone (softpedia.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-bad-apple dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Israeli startup Rayzone created a device that can hack any smartphone that has its WiFi connection open. The device can steal passwords, files, contact lists, photos, and various others. Called InterApp, the device is dumb-proof (comes with a shiny admin panel), works on hundreds of devices at the same time, and leaves no forensics traces behind after the hack. The company says it will only sell it to law enforcement agencies.

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  1. Re: Colour me suspicious by Proudrooster · · Score: 3, Informative

    Read the ad carefully and look at the screen shot. It works on older versions of IOS and Androids. It exploits the cloud push notification system.

  2. Re: Colour me suspicious by harlequinn · · Score: 3, Informative

    It only works on phones that meet the specified criteria:

    "smartphones that have their WiFi connection open, and then, employing a diverse arsenal of security vulnerabilities, gain root permission on devices"

    I.e. they must have an open wifi connection and they must have an unpatched security vulnerability.

    This automatically excludes millions of older phones of various brands that don't have wifi, any phone with wifi disabled, and any phone with encrypted wifi.

    And if the phone is fully patched for known exploits, they need a zero day attack.