Hackers hack Android-smartphone via SMS

hackers can hack Android-smartphone, sending them fake SMS settings of operator services - for example, the Internet. According to researchers from Check Point Research, so attackers can capture all user e-mail and access other important data.

Remote Agent can trick the user to accept the new settings of the phone, which, for example, will redirect all Internet traffic and steal email through controlled intruder proxy.

Artyom Skrobov and the Glory of the Maccabees, the researchers Check Point Research

Hacker enough to get a GSM-modem and get to know the international mobile subscriber identifier IMSI. Once he does, he will be able to send the victim a fake SMS with the settings. And to distinguish it from the present will be impossible.

Researchers tested the vulnerability on smartphones Samsung, LG, Huawei and Sony. Samsung has corrected the problem in May, and LG - in July. Huawei plans to eliminate the bug is only for new smartphones. Sony has not taken any action. When you consider that many users prefer not to install the security update, save, care should be every owner of Android-smartphone. And it is better to enter the settings manually by the operator.