Major Smartphones Are Vulnerable To Hacking Threat Called “Video Jacking”

You go into your online banking system to take a photo of a check, well, thats recorded.

When you connect to your contacts, all of that is recorded.

So, what is video jacking?

iPhones and Android smartphones vulnerable to new

When you connect to your contacts, all of that is recorded.

If you do an e-mail or a text, everything on the screen is 100 percent recorded.

How does video jacking work?

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Usually, the HDMI is automatically enabled on smartphones.

To test the threat, Markus made a sample charging station rigged with HDMI using parts readily available online.

Google declined to comment and Apple and Samsung did not respond to CNBCs request.

Markus said he presented his results to raise awareness.