13:15 Hackers are buying phones nokia 1100 | |
| In the process of investigating cases of mail fraud in the Netherlands, the police faced a very interesting fact - the unknown buyer paid 25 000 euros for the phone Nokia 1100. This budget model was released in late 2003 , and was intended for developing markets, including Russia. The price of the phone is less than 100 euros. In trying to figure out why cyber criminals are willing to pay so much money for a cheap and seemingly unremarkable device, the police asked the company Ultrascan Advanced Global Investigations. Ultrascan experts have found that criminals are attracted not all devices Nokia 1100, but only produced at the factory of Nokia in Bochum (Germany). This series of devices was considered defective because of problems in the outdated software that was created back in 2002 found problems can reprogram the device to intercept and with the help of one-time transaction codes TAN (Transaction Authentication Number). Now, many European banks send these codes to a personal telephone customer in the form of SMS-messages. Having TAN-code, the user confirms the transfer of money, but with cracked Nokia 1100 attackers can intercept one-time password and TAN-code, and then transfer money to your account. In addition, the devices Nokia 1100, made in Bochum, can not only intercept messages sent to other facilities. For example, in 2005, the Netherlands police failed standard methods to locate the caller, send your SMS-messages with your Nokia 1100. In what police still were able to prove that the sender was in the right place at the right time, but the problem with the apparatus of the Nokia 1100 has remained. It is interesting to note that Nokia sold around the world more than 200 million copies Nokia 1100 and the models based on it, but the number of vulnerable machines is unknown. Details (English) | |
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