HackingTeam is an Italian company focused on offering offensive
solutions for cyber investigations. In a recent conference, they
revealed that they have found a way to actively monitor mobile devices
running leading smartphone platforms. The list includes iOS, Android,
BB10 and Windows Phone devices. HackingTeam’s solution Remote Control
System (RCS) is designed to evade encryption by means of an agent
directly installed on the device to monitor. Evidence collection on
monitored devices is stealth and transmission of collected data from the
device to the RCS server is encrypted and untraceable. Remote Control
System is invisible to the user, evades antivirus and firewalls, and
doesn’t affect the devices’ performance or battery life.
They revealed that “active monitoring” on Windows Phone devices was
done using a OS Zero day vulnerability in Windows Phone OS allowing 3rd
party code to execute as trusted app. Law officials can essentially get
access to your photos, audio, email, sms, etc, on Windows Phone too. The
only good news is that HackingTeam provides their software only to
governments or government agencies and they do not sell products to
individuals or private businesses.
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