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2019: Any phone can be cracked with a simple Sms
In September, 2019 it became known that any phone can be cracked with a simple Sms. Announced the vulnerability which received the name Simjacker in the AdaptiveMobile Security company specializing in information security.
According to experts, in the majority of SIM cards the wired program S@T Browser (dynamic tools for SIM cards) by means of which it is possible to request data on the smartphone or to activate various commands, such a design of paid subscriptions and opening of malicious URLs in the browser.
Initially the utility was created in order that the cellular companies could offer additional services in the SIM menu of phone. However function became outdated, and operators almost do not use it.
AdaptiveMobile Security says that the program by September, 2019 is still distributed at least in 30 countries with the general population more than one billion people.
Malefactors can start far off the S@T Browser program and force it to execute some commands, having sent a special harmful Sms with the "espionage" code. All iPhones and smartphones on Android are subject to a problem.
The virus sends on initial number the complete information about the SIM card that allows malefactors to open web browsers on phone, to call on other numbers, to send text messages and so on. At the same time the owner of phone will not know that he fell a victim of the attack as the data sent from its device will not be displayed in entering or proceeding.
According to specialists, this vulnerability is actively operated by a certain company which collected information for shadowing people earlier. Data were transferred to the government organizations.
 | Simjacker represents explicit danger to mobile operators and subscribers. It is potentially the most sophisticated attack concerning bases of mobile networks, from ever existing — the technical director of AdaptiveMobile Security Cathal McDaid notes. |  |
The Russian operators do not comment on the research AdaptiveMobile Security yet.[1]
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