Malicious HDMI Cables Steals Photos, Videos, and Location Data

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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John Bumstead, who works for a company called 404Media that fixes and sells used electronics, found an iPhone-to-HDMI adapter that seemed normal at first. However, the app that came with it was tricky because it asked users to scan a QR code.

This code leads to an ad-filled website, prompting downloads of an invasive app that requests various permissions, collects data, and sends it to China.

Bumstead tweeted about a spy-themed lightning cable, and unlike the HDMI adapter, this cable is a knockoff but resembles Apple’s design.

MG, the researcher behind the malicious Lightning cables, included the risky adapter, anticipating users installing questionable apps.

Malicious HDMI Cables Steals Photos, Videos, and Location Data

John Bumstead from 404Media, an electronics refurbisher recently discovered a seemingly regular iPhone-to-HDMI adapter with a deceptive app.

gbhackers.com

 

[codswollip]

the app that came with it

Seriously? Someone would use an app for an HDMI cable? #darwin

 

[I Walk MY Way]

app for an HDMI cable , Hey if you want I have a bridge I can sell you,

 

[blackice]

So there’s a malicious app. The title is misleading.

 

[Trident]

So there’s a malicious app. The title is misleading.

And grammatically incorrect as well.