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Telecommunications First serious threat to cellphone security? - no it's not
Telecommunications First serious threat to cellphone security? - no it's not | First serious threat to cellphone security? - no it's not |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Friday, 17 November 2006 | |
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SecurStar claims that "Simply by sending an invisible and unnoticeable SMS message to a particular cellphone, spying on cell phone users has become child's play." It claims that its CEO, Wilfried Hafner has developed a Trojan horse, named RexSpy, solely for demonstration purposes. "The results are alarming. When the Trojan invades the system, the security vulnerabilities discovered by Hafner show the possibility of eavesdropping on any cellphone." According to SecurStar's press release "Hafner has kicked up a storm during the security exposition "Systems" in Munich by demonstrating the discovered vulnerability and the real danger threatening cell phone users today. Using an undetectable SMS message, completely invisible to the operating system, everything is over in a matter of seconds: the SMS sender can spy on the cell phone user around the clock, as long as the cell phone is in use. All SMS messages can be read and all conversations can be listened to." SecurStar even claims that "The surrounding areas can be monitored via the infected cellular phone. The Trojan can also access and forward complete address books." And it claims that "any programmer can develop a similar Trojan horse application without any great investment of time or effort," adding that "If anyone were to circulate such a malicious virus, it would have devastating consequences." |
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