bugtraq - Re: Re: Defeating Citibank Virtual Keyboard protection using screenshot method

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Date: 18 May 2007 07:55:14 -0000
From: balazs.zolika@...il.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Re: Defeating Citibank Virtual Keyboard protection using
 screenshot method

> As you can see, this defeats all attacks. The 
> attacker would have to
> hack the SMS gateway/Telco in order to modify SMS > messages sent which
> is almost impossible or impractical.

If you have a smart-phone connected with your computer via bluetooth, a "super malware" can theoritically infect your smart-phone, too. After the infection it can forward the SMS to the bad guys. Nowadays it has little risk, and is only a theoritical fraud, but maybe in the future there would be "super malware" like this. Welcome to the brave new world :)

Cheers
Zoli