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Q: Ipad Hacked - I watched somebody go into my contacts and browse around

I have a new generation Ipad.. (White 32Gig- 3G)... Was on ATT network at home.. Also had Network On.. I set it down for 1 minute to watch something on TV.. Saw the Ipad keyboard open.. Keys were being pressed. Then it went to my contacts and the hacker was browsing around.. So I had to shut it down right away. Got off the ATT network, shut down my router etc... Actually got my wife to come look as I wanted to make sure I wasn't seeing things...

 

Now I've gone ahead and erased the Ipad. Reset my home network and router. Turned off the broadcast of my SSID for my home netowrk.

 

I then called Cox to make sure all my Router settings were correct. giving me the best protection. While doing this I asked if he had ever heard of an Ipad being compromised. He said no.

 

I went into an Apple store as another one of my Ipads needed to be replaced. While I was there I asked 2 employees and the manager about Ipads being hacked into. They all said they have never heard of it.

 

As far as the apps on my Ipad.. They were all Apple Store apps.. The app that was on when this occurred was Subway Surfer.

 

Any comments would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Dec 29, 2012 1:13 PM

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  • by robdrage,

    robdrage robdrage Jan 31, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Dean Carter
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    Jan 31, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Dean Carter

    Dean,

    Your not losing your mind,

    I too read the article from a link in this thread on the 28th that is no longer a part of this thread,

    but here is the link from my browser history.

    http://www.securityweek.com/mcafee-details-remote-ipad-hack-mobile-security-demo nstration

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jan 31, 2014 12:56 PM in response to robdrage
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    Jan 31, 2014 12:56 PM in response to robdrage

    But that article is from a year ago and what they found has been long since plugged.

  • by robdrage,

    robdrage robdrage Jan 31, 2014 12:59 PM in response to deggie
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    Jan 31, 2014 12:59 PM in response to deggie

    I don't disagree that it has more than likely been addressed, I do disagree with the all out asssumption that it is not possible because it is the almighty Apple and they can do no wrong attitude, Many hacks involve a small proportion of the users and get remedied before it hits grand scale but that does not mean that it did not happen.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Jan 31, 2014 1:00 PM in response to robdrage
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    Jan 31, 2014 1:00 PM in response to robdrage

    If that makes you feel better glad your post here worked.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jan 31, 2014 1:13 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Jan 31, 2014 1:13 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Sounds like you've probably hit the nail on the head, James. Thanks for chiming in.

     

    Unfortunately, some security outfits are very good at posting very incomplete or misleading information. Just to provide one recent example, the head of Kaspersky recently tweeted a statement about a research paper that was just plain false. See:

     

    Misinformation about “acoustical infections”

     

    Moral of the story: just because some security company or "news" organization posts something online, that doesn't make it true. Critical thinking skills are... well, critical.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jan 31, 2014 1:32 PM in response to robdrage
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    Jan 31, 2014 1:32 PM in response to robdrage

    Thanks for re-posting that. I notice that the vulnerability in question was patched almost a year before that article was posted by SecurityWeek:

     

    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00005.html

     

    I also notice it was patched months before McAfee presented any findings. This vulnerability was discovered by security researchers, who revealed it to Apple. As far as I am aware, it was never exploited in the wild.

     

    Now, as to your statement about an "almighty Apple and they can do no wrong attitude," clearly you have not understood the point being made here. There is a very significant difference between saying that it is impossible for such a hack to exist and saying that there are no currently known remote access hacks.

     

    If you wish to speculate on a theoretical targeted attack going on right now that all these folks are suffering from, but somehow nobody has heard of, then I can't stop you. I can't even say that that is impossible, though it is extremely unlikely. However, that claim does a serious disservice to folks who need a solution, not a source of unfounded fear.

  • by rush2011,

    rush2011 rush2011 Feb 3, 2014 8:55 PM in response to alekzandr
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    Feb 3, 2014 8:55 PM in response to alekzandr

    the ipad is a computer it runs off software written by people who make mistakes and may have  orther than good will  1 blooth tooth enable some one could exploit thart  wifi with the wrong tools that can be explotited in all likleyhood  a program you installed was wriiten so the programer could gain acess to your ipad there has been several apps written for the android  tablets that turn out to have back doors  written into them at first the program behave normally then at some point the apps exploits are turned on look for some securtiy software  for the ipad then do  a google search to make sure it is legeit  also never put any personal information on your tablet or your computer

  • by Janzaroo,

    Janzaroo Janzaroo Feb 5, 2014 11:41 AM in response to alekzandr
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    Feb 5, 2014 11:41 AM in response to alekzandr

    I bought my mother an iPad 2 16gb earlier this year, she has the latest version of iOS running on it. Today she says something similar to what people have said here, it seemed like the ipad was being controlled by someone else, not random activity from a dirty screen, but intentional actions by a person. It was also taking photos without her knowledge.

     

    I'm waiting on more details from her, but the blanket statement "ipad/iphone cannot be hacked or controlled by another person" seems somewhat suspicious. It's technology, it's not impermeable. And based on the number of reports of similar experiences like this, I have a hard time believing every instance is from a dirty screen, or a fluke of hardware failure. Hardware failure that results in searches on names and correctly typed queries?

  • by jeffczyz1109,

    jeffczyz1109 jeffczyz1109 Feb 6, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Janzaroo
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    Feb 6, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Janzaroo

    I just received a call from my mother. The exact same scenario as above. This just began happening within the last week.

     

    Her iPad was making randome Facetime calls, random websites being visited. Her background image was changed.

     

    This is definitely not the result of dirty screens.

     

    Apple, what's going on here?

  • by bitsgraz,

    bitsgraz bitsgraz Feb 7, 2014 8:02 AM in response to robdrage
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    Feb 7, 2014 8:02 AM in response to robdrage

    Hi!

     

    I am sure that an app is responsible for it. Which iOS Version do you have? Did you try to update to the newest version?

     

    Try to find the app who is responsible for it.

     

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  • by AmishCake,

    AmishCake AmishCake Feb 7, 2014 7:43 AM in response to jeffczyz1109
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    Feb 7, 2014 7:43 AM in response to jeffczyz1109

    Make sure the Apple ID hasn't been hacked or shared.

  • by rush2011,

    rush2011 rush2011 Mar 1, 2014 6:42 PM in response to alekzandr
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    Mar 1, 2014 6:42 PM in response to alekzandr

    not to long ago a reporter had his entire  life stolen from his apple account phone ipad make sure your passwords are extremly strong if you have something to loose 2, a report came out that it is becomeing  easy to become infected while visitng a benine website just the other day a security flaw was exposed in safri and ios7 and be carful of the apps you use an andriod app became malware after a update this is the problem just because apple verifies an app there is nothing to stop the programer from changing its primary function the only true way to be safe is not to have anything personal on your computer device includeing facebook

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Mar 2, 2014 11:27 AM in response to rush2011
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    Mar 2, 2014 11:27 AM in response to rush2011

    I don't approve of making fun of people for grammar issues, so please understand I'm not trying to make fun here... please, please, in the future, use some punctuation! Both your posts on this topic are nearly unreadable due to lack of punctuation of any kind (except for one single comma).

     

    To address a few specific points...

     

    not to long ago a reporter had his entire  life stolen from his apple account

     

    I assume you're referring to Mat Honan's hacking incident. If so, that is not really relevant to this topic, as it did not involve any actual malware.

     

    a report came out that it is becomeing  easy to become infected while visitng a benine website just the other day a security flaw was exposed in safri and ios7

     

    I'm not sure what report you're referring to that says it's easy to become infected... there's still no known malware capable of infecting any iOS device that hasn't been jailbroken or been physically accessed by a malicious individual.

     

    Regarding the SSL security flaw, that again had nothing to do with malware. It had to do with security of data being transmitted over the internet. Again, no relevance to this topic.

     

    be carful of the apps you use an andriod app became malware after a update this is the problem just because apple verifies an app there is nothing to stop the programer from changing its primary function

     

    Android is very, very different from iOS, and the Android marketplace is far less secure than the App Store. In iOS, a developer cannot change the code in any way without resubmitting an update to Apple for review. It is theoretically possible for an app to display different behavior at a later date, but it must do so using the same code, which means that Apple's probably going to catch it. Especially since someone already did a proof-of-concept of this sort of thing, so Apple will be more vigilant to that now.

     

    Still, this is a good point... just because an app isn't malware doesn't mean it should be trusted with your data. You should think carefully before allowing any app access to any of your data. Apps should have access only to what they need to do the job that you want them to do, and no more. Fortunately, this is entirely within your control on iOS.

  • by Fuzzylr,

    Fuzzylr Fuzzylr Jul 5, 2014 11:32 PM in response to thomas_r.
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    Jul 5, 2014 11:32 PM in response to thomas_r.

    Actually, I like Apple as much as the rest of you do.  However, recently I have witnessed two events that do point to the fact that somebody has found yet another back door into apple devices.   I cannot say for certain how he is doing it but he has done it twice now.  We know the guys name is Jake and he has broken into an iPad and an iPhone. 

     

    In the middle of the night the owner of an iPhone would be woke up by her cell phone turning on.  The person would go through her contacts and delete emails from the device it self.  The hacker later broke into her CC withdrew 500 bucks and canceled a bunch purchases.  He was some how intercepting and alter iMessages.  We knew he was doing it when the original messages would appear usually within 12 to 24 hours later.  This went on for two weeks.  We hired a guy to track this guy down.  When we got close he closed up all the whole on the device and stopped his attacks.

     

    The second more recent incident happened today.  The owner of an iPad was using trillian.  He almost didn't realize it was going on until he asked me a very weird question.  "Did I see text being what appeared to be copied and pasted?".  I was no.  I can't say that I did.  The next thing I know the owner of the iPhone IM'd and say she was being harassed by a guy on Trillian.  He was coping and pasting text from our chat to her.  About 3 hrs later Jake confessed to being good at breaking into iPad's and IPhones and made a comment about how the iPad user had an iPad.  That is the last we have seen of him.  The owner of the iPad vanished from online shortly afterwards.

     

    To my knowledge none of the devices were jail broken by the owners.  If the OS had been compromised it was by external sources. 

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Jul 6, 2014 3:39 AM in response to Fuzzylr
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    Jul 6, 2014 3:39 AM in response to Fuzzylr

    Pretty much everything you have described are symptoms of having online accounts hacked by a determined attacker, not having the device itself hacked.

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