A man once said "as long as we are on this earth, there is no security whatsoever"
imagine your phone making calls, sending sms, or visiting malicious websites without your consent... you will be like gush! and that will throw you of balance for a while.
hackers are now able to hack your iphone or android using your personal assistant Siri or Google Now.
this hack can only be possible when you have a headphone plugged into your headphone jack.......
as technology gets more advanced, the more insecure it becomes (it seems)
this hack, in its smallest form can be carried out within a range of six and a half feet.
A more powerful hack that ranges to more than 16 feet requires larger batteries and could only fit inside a car, the researchers say.
What exactly do you need to carry out this hack:
1. An iPhone or Android handset with headphones plugged in
2. A radio transmitter
The radio transmitter sends radio waves to silently trigger voice commands on any iPhone or Android phone (with a pair of microphone-enabled headphones plugged in) that has Siri or Google Now enabled respectively.
Where the headphones’ cables act as radio antennas, which can be exploited to trick an iPhone or Android phone user into believing that the voice commands are coming from the user’s microphone.
This could leverage a hacker to do whole lots of things on victim's mobile phone without even speaking a word, including:
Make calls
Send text messages
Dial the hacker's number to turn victim's phone into an eavesdropping device
Browse to malware websites
Send phishing and spam messages using Facebook, Twitter or email
"You could imagine a bar or an airport where there are lots of people," Vincent S., the director of the research group at ANSSI said. "Sending out some electromagnetic waves could cause many smartphones to call a paid number and generate cash."
this hack can only be possible is you have:
A headphone-connected iPhone or Android phone
Siri enabled from the lockscreen (as lucky as you can get- this is Apple's Default setting).
Welcome! I hope this article will help! you can always check back for more interesting articles. Thank you! #tekspy
