Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai

2010

7. Mobile hacking – SMS & Call forging

It was bound to happen - they have hacked just about everything else. Now it's the cell phones. Cellphone hacking hasjust recently surfaced and been made public ever since some one did some cellular phone hacking on Paris Hilton's cellphone.This article will give you some information about what is going on out there and what you can do to better protect yourcell phone information.

What Does It Involve

The fact of someone hacking cell phone became public knowledge Paris Hilton's cell phone, along with herinformation was recently hacked. Unfortunately for her, all her friends and their phone numbers were alsoplaced on the Internet - resulting in a barrage of calls to each of

Cell phone hackers have apparently found a glitch in the way the chips are manufactured. The good news, though, is thatit only applies to the first generation models of cell phones that use the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM).Another requirement is that the hacker must have physical access to the cell phone for at least three minutes - which is areal good reason not to let it out of your Currently, although the problem has been remedied (at least for now) inthe second and third generation phones, seems that about 70% of existing cell phones fall within the first generationcategory.

Another way that mobile phone hacking can take place is for a hacker to walk around an area with people that have cellphones and a laptop that has cellphone hacker programs on it. Through an antenna, and a little patience, his computercan literally pick up your cell phone data - if it is turned on. This is more applicable to cell phones that use Bluetoothtechnology.

What Can A Hacker Do?

Surprisingly, there are quite a number of things that can be accomplished by the hacker. Depending on their intent hereare a few of them.

Steal Your Number

Your phone number can be accessed and obtained by cellphone hacking. This allows them to make calls and haveit charged to your account.

Take Your Information

Mobile hacking allows a hacker to contact your cell phone, without your knowledge, and to download youraddresses and other information you might have on your phone. Many hackers are not content to only get yourinformation. Some will even change all your phone numbers! Be sure to keep a backup of your informationsomewhere. This particular technique is called Bluesnarfing.

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