Security Threats for Smart Phone Users

[bbcpromoters]

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[bbcpromoters]

you are a very smart man send me an e-mail I work from private investigation company

[bbcpromoters]

I would like to buy for cash a copy of the program

[bbcpromoters]

I'm very interested in this software how do I get in touch with you

[happinesson]

hackers do no good to technology!

[sinblesser]

just use a phone lol, not a smart phone

[NizzBomb69]

thats why im glad i still have my dumb phone

[AiDz0r]

Its not the blackhat hackers who are inventing new methods to compromise rootkits to devices such as smart phones, its people who actually study in educational wise, and make it a fact. Yet somehow it gets leaked or motivated then hackers start doing it.

[XXanthony99rxx1]

hey evry one plese com chech out my video

[mquiroz90]

this means that your phone can go on to someone elses phone or like pull a plug?

[smobile2010]

SMobile Systems, is a Smartphone software security company that has products to protect against malware, spyware and other mobile threats.

[flyingdervish]

None of the comments indicate understanding of what's really shown here. 1) It's a proof of concept. He didn't say he can currently do this against an iPhone or brandX 2) Root kits can be installed on any general purpose operating system; so yes potentially iPhone, Linux-based such as Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, et al. 3) Yes, there are other ways to monitor your phone, but this is a new one from what I've seen. FBI wiretaps of your mobile work differently. How long til anyone can do this?

[bbcpromoters]

@flyingdervish oh yes he can

[awfultin]

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[seanki98]

interesting, but what exactly do you mean by "real world" how is there a "fake world" lol

[MCProductions]

HAHA

Phone firewalls

[RapidDogProductions]

We are all going to die ecause of some nerds!!! Please stop teasing and bullying these guys so they dont do shit likethis!!! Skynet is upon us or is that google?

[addisonlp]

well good thing i live in texas, no body know how to hack stuff here!

[thinking2015]

I knew this for a long time but there ways of doing it to cheap phones also. Technology is great but its MEAN! Laptops are going to start to have standard webcams soon..........................­............think about it!

[Paintball17Pro]

creeper much

[25445799]

oh damn it i have an iphone thats last thing i wanted to hear

[bbcpromoters]

@25445799 if man has made it then the college boys will change it, and it's only human race stuff like that which is getting their and take over, get Tony Blair's telephone number or David Blunkett's telephone number and letter listen to whatever is going on

[MrRob502]

I thought I saw some AV software on the market for Smart phones from Kipersky and Trend Micro

[radisto]

that's why I hate phones!

[ervin08]

1:05 lol creepy stalker

[robertsammons1]

lmao who the hell has this linux phone, just you geek

[chckycrk]

you dumb ass they use the phone to create the malware and then send it to your phone

[robertsammons1]

no the iphone sent a message to that phone that then called it

[flyingdervish]

He used OpenMoko to demo both the hacked phone and the receiver. It's a proof of concept, though, to show the potential for similar attacks. An actual attacker might use any kind of capable phone to attack a particular target. Targets might include any kind of phone for which he can code a root kit. Another commentor noted it need not be a smart phone. The java vm on many phones might support similar attacks.

[lood123]

this isn't something new...the government admits that it eavesdrops and GPS tracks through our phones since 2001, i laugh at how this video states that this only occurs with "new generation smart mobile phones", i have a 2004 motorola razr, and my phone is being tracked and listened to, if u ever want some privacy you gotta take the battery out

[iamisandisnt]

@isokessu "In the real world" as opposed to the LAB where they created this software?

@mavriksfan11 They would get the files on your phone using bluetooth or wireless. The calling/texting is just the underlying technology behind the device - he would simply send an unnoticed text (which gets erased) and then you're connected basically.

[isokessu]

LoL what a nerd :D "in the real world normal peoples.." lol what is he then (a normal nerd maybe..) and where's his world xD is it on world of warcraft or second life

[muk546]

iPhones are safe

[mavriksfan11]

so...you would have to know or at least have the phone number of and then text a guy who then runs malware on your phone? good thing all the people i know arent computer hackers

[moperynerds]

Spyware for smartphones is a very real threat and that is why I have Anti-Spyware and Anti-Theft software from SMobile Systems installed on my BlackBerry

[ILoveKatzenjammer]

nub

[jayisfresh314]

this makes sense

[TheFlutetube]

So wait, how does the malware get on your phone in the first place? He never said how this stuff can get on your phone in the first place. I have an iphone. (Could someone really easily transfer malware to your phone if you are simply using open wifi in a public location, or would you have to click on something bad to have your phone infected?)

[ItzRyanWS]

@TheFlutetube Your phone would have to be jailbroken, if it is jailbroken the root files are vulnerable. This is especially dangerous if one has OpenSSH, because all the defaults and passwords are the same and people never bother to change it. All you have to do is find the device (like its a network) and transfer the files.

[Cloude888]

wut ever u guys call these"nerds"

they make ure shit amazing so do not smash

[suparmojo]

he'll be rich in no time

[Demigodatplay]

Nerd is so 80's. Now we call them...Demigods.

[scride773]

those are the guys that made the technology that we use to look like G's so we shouldn't bash them.

[flenbo]

stop pronouncing rutger as rootkear

[Rall94KC]

I think its called rootkit...

[SaturnProds]

LOL

[SashaJ79]

N.E.R.D :-)

[JaredWoot]

@dominiccss

Grow up.

[Doomsday704]

you wouldnt need the technology of a rootkit on a smart phone....hiding it is just a matter of making it UI-less and not show up as a normal app, but more like internal apps (which is super easy)

rootkits are for hackers, not nerdy bitches who dont know shit

[g0nz0madness]

So ya they are calling it malware...what if the government is or could use it in the near future on somebody the think is a threat they could spy or monitor them. Did anyone think about that being a possibility?

[brotheraaron]

Do a google search for "AT&T NSA" and you'll see that the government has been spying and monitoring for years.

[flyingdervish]

@brotheraaron - this is a new method of doing the spying as far as we know.

@g0nz0madness - it's malicious to the person being spied upon either way.

[fukutabe]

Neat, but who the hell uses an OpenMoko phone? Would be more interesting if you did this on an iPhone or Android, presumably on the jailbroken iPhone it's easy to write a UI-less daemon that listens from the mic, and it can just wait for an active WiFi connection (or use 3G, who cares) to send the recording to the spy...

[flyingdervish]

It's a proof of concept to show the potential for similar attacks. It could be done on any phone using a highly capable operating system such as the iPhone, Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo, Android, Palm, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, et al. Some hacker sees this and says, "cool idea, think I'll try to getting that working with an iPhone."

[CaptChrisT]

You wouldn't even need to do do that. it would be much easier to use a packet sniffer and steal email passwords and credit card numbers as they fly through a wifi network. Or use an app like Airpwn to pose as a router and get people to send their info directly to you. Much easier than trying to use a phone.

[flyingdervish]

It's always nice to have more attack methods available to do something a little different :)