Midnight Raid Attack Risk For Cell Phones

Don’t think that your cell phone number is safe from hackers – someone with the right toolkits and skill could actually hijack your precious handset simply by sending SMS messages to it – at least that’s what mobile security firm Trust Digital claims. Known as Midnight Raid Attack, this form is most effective when one is asleep as a text message sent to the handset in particular will fire up a Web browser automatically, directing the phone to a pre-determined malicious Web site which would then result in a download of an executable file that will then self-install and steal data from the phone. Pretty scary eh, no idea what people would do with the inventory of pizza delivery company phone numbers on my handset though.

Edwin Kee
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