Smartphones backdoor using AT command allowing full control via USB cable

http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/08/smartphone-security-risk-compared-to-having-a-ghost-user-on-your-phone.php

by p4bl0 • 8 years ago

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p4bl0• 8 years ago

I used a title that better reflects the story than the original one.

More details, paper and video demo available on https://atcommands.org/.

maxharris• 8 years ago

I looked at atcommands.org, saw no mention of iPhones. Am I correct in assuming that iPhones don't suffer from this vulnerability?

dobs_bob• 8 years ago

The article says that they have AT commands also.

chiph• 8 years ago

The Hayes command set still lives on? Wow.

ATDT1,3103106000

jMyles• 8 years ago

See, that's interesting, because full control via USB cable is actually something I want and for which there seems to be no elegant solution.

Kinda like the inverse of shazow's observation, "Sometimes I worry the NSA might be spying on me through my desktop's webcam. Then I remember it's Linux and even I can't get it to work."

wemdyjreichert• 8 years ago

On the topic of flashing unsigned fw: could this used to root a phone that otherwise could not be?

Smartphones backdoor using AT command allowing full control via USB cable

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