From: David Gutierrez (davegu1@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2007 - 19:58:05 EDT
And how do you turn that on .
From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@hammerofgod.com>
To: "Robin Wood" <dninja@gmail.com>,"PenTest" <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone
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Why worry about getting them to dial out when you can just switch on the
microphone and listen? ;)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Wood" <dninja@gmail.com>
To: "PenTest" <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone
>That is the kind of thing I was thinking of. You'd have to be very
>luck to do it but you might get something.
>
>One way you might use this is if you know there are visitors in and
>the office is open plan. Find someone who sits near where the visitors
>are likely to be, i.e. somewhere around a demo pc or maybe a key
>developers desk, and try to get them with this.
>
>Just a follow on thought from this, it is possible to hack bluetooth
>to get some mobile phones to dial out. Imagine doing this to a manager
>in a meeting, get him to call a free conference line, you get on the
>other end, and you've got your own bug in the office.
>
>Robin
>
>On 6/22/07, Joel Eusebio <joele@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>>Good point. And what if you were on hold while calling from work? And
>>suddenly
>>your co-worker shouts out loud "is the password on this server still....."
>>:)
>>
>>cheers,
>>
>>Joel
>>
>>
>>
>>Quoting Robin Wood <dninja@gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Hi
>> > Imagine the situation, you get a message to call someone, your call
>> > gets answered by an automated system which says there may be a few
>> > minutes wait and gives you the bad hold music. You hit the hands free
>> > button on the phone and get on with work while you wait for it to be
>> > answered.
>> >
>> > Unless you mute the call, the person/system on the other end of the
>> > call could be listening in while pretending to be on hold and
>> > potentially hear all that is going on around you.
>> >
>> > It is a random attack vector but it could allow an attacker to pick up
>> > all sorts of information. I thought about it while sitting on hold for
>> > over 30 mins trying to get through to my mobile phone support line
>> > last night. If they had been listening they would know what I had for
>> > dinner.
>> >
>> > Anyone tried listening in like this? Anyone got any comments?
>> >
>> > Robin
>> >
>> >
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