Spy Review

The security of the iPhone has been under attack mainly due to buzz by those hackers on the internet. Due to all the buzz, Fast Company decided to do their very own research to learn if the iPhone could actually be hacked and turned into a spy surveillance gadget. What they uncovered was astounding!

Fast Company purchased an iPhone and handed it over to Rik Farrow, who is a UNIX specialist and consultant. They told him to do whatever he could to crack into the iPhone and see just how much damage he could do. Rik easily hacked into the iPhone using H D Moore’s Metasploit and actually took control of the iPhone.

He accomplished a feat that everyone thought was impossible. He was able to actually download all the information held in the iPhone such email, voice main, photos or anything else in the database. Along with this, he could even listen in during every conversation.

Turning iPhone into a listening device

Rik went even a bit farther to show the vulnerability of the iPhone by uploading software to the iPhone that allowed him to add a small microphone so he could listen in to conversations around the person carrying the iPhone instead of just conversations on the mobile phone. He took total control of the phone and using his laptop he could do anything and everything the iPhone could do without the owner’s knowledge. He accomplished this by directing the user to a specific webpage, which would then allow him into their iPhone.

Of course, due to the legal ramifications, the exact way in which Rik hacked the iPhone is not available. However, he did explain that the iPhone is not the only mobile phone that is hackable. He mentioned a few other smartphones such as Nokia, Sony, Motorola, Samsung, and Ericsson.