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Last year I discovered a bug that allowed you to call someone's phone and remotely activate it's camera and mic by disconnecting the call while it was ringing -
by dirtbox 10y ago
Last year I discovered a bug that allowed you to call someone's phone and remotely activate it's camera and mic by disconnecting the call while it was ringing - the target's device would simply call you back as if it were a dropped call.
They fixed it, but boy that was a doozy.
- dirtbox 10y agoOh god, haha! Someone picked up my original post about it on reddit and wrote an article including my original drawing. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/22/security-hole-skype-allows-users-surreptitiously-connect-users/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/22/security-hole-skype-... Ed: Oh my word, hundreds of phone, tech and malware blogs picked up on it all over the world. I didn't have a clue.
- zhovner 10y agoWow! Looks pretty the same to remote mic activation on desktop that i found few years ago https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fhabrahabr.ru%2Fpost%2F133555%2F https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=h... Skype for Android can receive a call when skype app in backgroud?