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That will always remain an issue: Even if someone manages to create a secure app, the software and hardware platform will never be secure. Hijacking a smartpho
by chmars 12y ago
That will always remain an issue: Even if someone manages to create a secure app, the software and hardware platform will never be secure.
Hijacking a smartphone by only knowing its number on the other hand does not seem realistic too me. So a source for this claim would be great …
- mikevm 12y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8103873
- chmars 12y agoI don't doubt the existence of the company, I doubt the hijacking capabilities …
- mrb 12y agoIt seems realistic to me. Just send a phishing SMS ("Your bill of $103.54 is due TODAY: http://payments-comcast.net/83954583" http://payments-comcast.net/83954583"), hope the user clicks it, have the webpage exploit one of the numerous iOS Safari vulnerabilities, and you are done. There are tons of vulnerabilities in smartphone browsers: iOS 7.1.2 alone fixed 28 UNIQUE VULNERABILITIES in Webkit (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6297 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6297) 7.1.2 was released merely 2 months after 7.1.1, so at least 3 vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed every week.