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

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.

Comments

Colour me suspicious

[sandbagger]

Given the way panicked elected officials think, and the fact that kids of people attracted to life in uniform are of exactly the opposite mindset needed to go into computer science, I'm guessing this is an overblown and over promoted 'grabs text transmitted in the clear' thing that's not designed to do much other than pick the pockets of taxpayers.

Re: Colour me suspicious

[Anonymous Coward]

Idiot.

It says it works on any phone, not just androids.

But feel free to keep sucking Tim Cook's iPenis all day long, Mactard.

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I highly doubt it.

[Anonymous Coward]

The chances that it can get into ANY phone from the Wi-FI connection is virtually nil. Anyone with an ounce of tech knowledge should be highly suspect of everything they're claiming the device does.

Re:I highly doubt it.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't think so. All you need is a list of 0-day exploits and keep it up to date. There are several competitors who already offer the same service, though usually not on the basis of a single device. FinFisher, for example.

Re:I highly doubt it.

[currently_awake]

There are only a handful of companies making phone chip sets. It would be easy for the NSA to pay off enough people to install backdoor hardware in the designs, to allow remote access. Such access would bypass the phone software completely, and be very hard to detect. The payoff to cost ratio (ROI) is so high we should assume it's already happened.

Re:I highly doubt it.

[jon3k]

If the NSA wanted something from you then they'd just put a bag over your head and hit you with a pipe wrench until you told them what the want. The only difference is you live a life of inconvenience under the guise of security.

Short: No, but only "outdated" mobile devices

[burni2]

Hey slashdot.editors,

this is slashdot a news-site for nerds that mostly have a basic understanding of the "cracking" processes

And btw. the softpedia page is full of marketing speech shit.

Q: How can I "enter" a smartphone without physical contact?

A: There must be a security hole.
(the term outdated hints that there are -known- sec holes in older devices)

Q: How can I "enter" a smartphone without physical contact? another way

A: The user connects to an access point with/out any or weak encryption and the eMail app does not know of any current encryption

Q: How can I "enter" a smartphone without physical contact? another nother way

A: The user connects to an access point I control and I tell their eMail app that I'm from turk-trust and naserbajew-trust and that I'm Vladimir Putin the most trustworthy entity only followed by the NSA.

(Man in the middle attack)

The definition of "hack"...

[carlhaagen]

...seems to have its bar lowered every year by mainstream journalism and wannabe computer "aficionados".

I would feel safer

[Anonymous Coward]

if they only sell it to the crooks

Re: Coming soon to U.S. technology firms

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a moron.