Hackers have found a way to interfere with the Windows Phone 8 Registry

Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 platform may no longer be absolutely safe from system intervention because now XDA hackers are able to access the Registry to edit.

Unlike WP7 before, since the launch of WP8 the giant Microsoft has been blocking everything to prevent the risk of interference in the system, so they can be confident that the WP platform is safe for businesses and end users.

That was still true for a while until WP8.1 was released and a security bug in allowing the application to be installed on the memory card could allow Hackers to " patch " the application with an application. Its own, thereby interfering with the system Registry.

To do this, hackers will sideload an external XAP application to their external memory card, then through a Microsoft application that has access to the system such as Live Lock Screen beta, Glance Background beta. , Preview for developers, Field Medic; These applications will be replaced by any Hacker's application in a completely legal way.

Hackers' applications can interfere with the system through the Registry or operating system directories, which requires applications to have higher access than normal, and thanks to this vulnerability. Hackers can do it.

Of course, this is a good thing if you just stop at the purpose of learning, but this is also a vulnerability that Microsoft needs to overcome before anyone with a bad intention to steal user information through the Registry. Recently, iOS has also encountered a serious security error with the same form of attack, hackers can replace the application of the machine with any application and Apple has to warn users not to install any App outside the App Store.

The current development of the application to change the Registry on WP8.1 is still being updated by hackers but currently they cannot help the Interop Unlocker like WP7 before and the device wants to interfere with the system to use the memory card .