Yes, say German security experts!
The researchers proved their point in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
In the show, Nohl used the congressmans phone number and the SS7 flaw to hack into his smartphone.
First, its really creepy.
And second, it makes me angry, said Lieu.
They could hear any call of pretty much anyone who has a smartphone.
It could be stock trades you want someone to execute.
It could be calls with a bank.
Last year, the president of the United States called me on my cellphone.
And we discussed some issues.
So if the hackers were listening in, they would know that phone conversation.
And thats immensely troubling.
The SS7 flaw is not new,we had reported it back in August 2015.
How does SS7 flaw work?
How does this work?
It also allows the movements of a mobile phone user to be tracked through other hacking tools.
The victims location can be tracked through Google maps.
Nohl says the SS7 flaw is actually an open secret among the worlds intelligence agencies.
He also notes that the key flaw lies in the mobile internet itself.
Mobile networks are the only place in which the problem can be solved, said Nohl.
There is no global policing of SS7.
Each mobile data pipe has to move to protect their customers on their networks.
And that is hard.
According to Nohl, all phones are the same and no one phone is more secure than the other.
source: www.techworm.net
