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Malicious charger can hijack iPhones

article published on 4 June, 2013

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a bogus charger for Apple's iPhones that can infect it with malicious software within a minute. The three researchers - Billy Lau, Yeongjin Jang and Chengyu Song - were able to get around all of the built-in defences of the popular smartphones and install whatever code they wanted. "All users are affected, as our approach ... [ read the full article ]

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A5J4DX
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_ 		5. June 2013 @ 22:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wow :o
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molsen
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_ 		6. June 2013 @ 06:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I figured someone was able to do that. I don't have the ability or knowledge, but I knew someone had to think about that. It seems perfectly logical though get you when your defenses are down.
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robertmro
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_ 		8. June 2013 @ 15:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You just have to trick people into attaching it to their iPhones.
Come to think of it, that shouldn't be too hard.
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pmshah
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_ 		9. June 2013 @ 02:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can I but license for this ???

I think I am smarter. I charge my phones only through the USB port on the PC. The chargers are still in their original shrink wraps. If in emergency I need to use an external charger I use one for a vanilla voice and text message phone ( 4 20/ 4 years ago) with a mini-usb to micro-usb adapter.
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