Only charging the battery through a computer, your iPhone may also be hacked

A new vulnerability discovered by US security firm Symantec can make it easy for bad guys to access data on the iPhone, just by connecting the phone to a laptop.

In principle, when connecting an iPhone to a computer, users will be asked if they trust the computer. And only if they agree, can the computer connect to the iPhone to read the data.

Hackers have taken advantage of the opportunity to connect iPhone to computer to use 'trustjacking' technique to insert attack code into authorization mechanism, access data and directly monitor ongoing tasks on the screen. Iphone. Hackers can control almost all devices.

The danger is that even if the user disconnects the iPhone from the computer, the device can still be accessed remotely via the iTunes Wi-Fi sync feature.

Users should be careful when connecting an iPhone to a computer even if only for charging.

Symantec researcher Adi Sharabani accidentally discovered this vulnerability. He said hackers could exploit the vulnerability to access photos, messages, e-mails, and even create a backup of iPhone data without touching the device.

Symantec warned Apple, but the company only applied countermeasures (reinforcing the passcode entry mechanism when accepting a computer as a trusted device) and not resolving the problem.

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