Can iphone cameras be hacked? My phone took 12 pictures of me getting dressed in my bathroom using the front facing camera. Both of my hands are in the picture doing my hair so there is no way I could have accidentally taken the pictures.
Nothing is impossible, but its very very unlikely the phone could be hacked to commandeer the camera. And Even if that was the case, unless the phone was positioned to look at you how would they maneuver it into position?
Usually iPhones sit on there backs or fronts covering either camera or pointing them straight up to the ceiling unless you position your phone on its side for some reason, and point the camera at your bathroom?
If you have a pet or mischievous significant other, its possible they activated the camera from the lockscreen. (Yes its happened to me with my cat) and took several pictures.
Nothing is impossible, but its very very unlikely the phone could be hacked to commandeer the camera. And Even if that was the case, unless the phone was positioned to look at you how would they maneuver it into position?
Usually iPhones sit on there backs or fronts covering either camera or pointing them straight up to the ceiling unless you position your phone on its side for some reason, and point the camera at your bathroom?
If you have a pet or mischievous significant other, its possible they activated the camera from the lockscreen. (Yes its happened to me with my cat) and took several pictures.
Hmm, was the Phone unlocked when you put it down?
Was there something on it? Was there a lot of steam in the bathroom? something that could have tapped the screen?
It may have been a digitizer glitch.
Do you keeo your Phone muted? The iPhone camera will make a sound when photos are being taken so you should have know at the time.
Its extremely unlikely it was hacked.
Unless the phone is jailbroken (ie, hacked to allow apps from outside the App Store), there is no known way to hack it and remotely control it in this manner. So it would have to be some kind of hardware issue or inadvertent taps on the screen or volume buttons while in the camera app or something similar causing the problem.
If the phone has been jailbroken, of course, anything is possible. Note that if someone who is very tech-savvy and untrustworthy has had physical access to the phone, they could have jailbroken it and installed something malicious, and you wouldn't know. This is a pretty unlikely scenario, though.
I'd say they're all relevant but then again I try to set aside my bias and actually gather information that may challenge preconceived notions. This will never get anywhere because no matter how much evidence is put in front of you you'll try to deny it or find some reason why it's simply not good enough without ever really contributing anything to support your claims other than other anonymous users of the internet who have spent a little too much time on this help forum.
Fact is the phones can be hacked..if you've seen what I have and what thousands of others report to have experienced maybe you'd consider that. Why else would there be such a focus on security if it wasn't an issue. "Nothing to see here...move along" much?
Those articles don't talk about the FBI paying for the San Bernardino shooter's passcode like you're assuming without reading them it seems..they're refering mostly to the CIA's stockpile of iOS exploits that have been widely published across the internet with the many thousands of pages of documens dumped by wikileaks earlier this year. They were and probably still are all over the internet. Many thousnands of very authentic looking documents and exploits that many journalistics and people with actual credentials have concluded to be legitimate. Now I know that the CIA is tinfoil hat speak..but any rational person would admit that loosing control of the source code for those programs would enable hackers to weaponize them for their own broader purposes. Even ethrecheck (malware/trojan it seems--don't download--not in app store for a reason ppl) guy said that opensource malware was released a year or so ago (this was before wikileaks dump btw) and that the "mac malware has gotten out of control".
Refusing to accept reality doesn't make it any less...please go read through the 1,274 and counting CVE issued Apple and MITRE Corp. that are iOS specific. Again that number is 1,274. That's One Thousand Two Hunder and Seventy Four if that's any clearer.
Many of them are affecting the kernel and other low level functions... Denying reality isn't going to convince anyone and I personally believe, in the long run, that attitude will be prove to be a major challenge for Apple who has been blessed by the false premise that their devices are inherently secure as more and more people realize this simply wasn't or isn't true any longer. I talk to a lot of people about this and have for a while..for the most part people seem to be adjusting their opinion on this topic. Plenty of evidence exists and one would have to have some legitimate credentials to convice anyone that they're experienced in the topic to be trusted as an unbiased resource. Those who have such countless points on this anonymous internet forum we're using make me wonder what their motivation for spending such a large quantity of their finite existance advising those who can't be bothered to call Apple Care about their issue.
I know what I've seen and not being in denial is simply the first of the 5 stages of grief. I'm truly sorry for your loss. Today is September 12, 2017 as a reminder for those whose watch need winding or ntpdate has been corrupted.
Yes. The camera on an iPhone is attached to the internet through wifi, cellular, near field connect, bluetooth and has been exploited through any number of protocols.
I personally have seen my camera operating in the background of my lock screen and I hadn't been using my camera anytime recently.
How common is it? Less common than the common cold and more common than some users here would like to believe. Unfortunately Apple is no longer untouchable and open source malware has been released for macOS--the OS for all Apple devices now--and cyber criminals are likely impoverished or not well and their time is essentially worthless making the hurdle of getting into your device surprisingly easy to get over.
Please review Apple iOS Security white paper if you're curious about the security features of your phone. https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf
What's important to keep in mind is that the any network is just that, a network to transmit data through linked devices. How often do we hear of people say "there's nothing to see here" when there most certainly is..
Your safest option is a pen and paper, a Polaroid, and a VCR, but that's uh unpleasant..otherwise consider everything you say, do, see etc. is at some risk.
Threats are constantly evolving and yesterday's mission impossible is today's 7th grader with an iPhone in terms of capabilities. You'd likely never even notice if cyber criminal was truly a professional.
Delete the pictures and then look at your settings and all of your apps and see if there is anything suspicious and delete it if there is.
Below I've posted the official documentation for just one vunerability which was issued its vunerability ID by Apple itself, and was confirmed by MITRE Corp. and the US Dept of Homeland Security. The researchers findings are there, confirmation and its CVE ID, and then further recoginiton from Apple about this exploit.
It says that a remote hacker can bypass security features and is able to execute commands at the kernel level.
Its confirmed to do the very thing you just wrongly declared was nonsense..so uh yeah keep telling me how I'm so clueless and you all are infallable wizards of the internets.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038950
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7022
About the security content of iOS 10.3.3 - Apple Support
Yeah there have been almost 1300 CVE IDs issued for iOS alone...Go read all of them and then maybe any of you could have something half accurate to contribute. So either your heads are in the sand or you have some other motivation for denying reality.
But hey look on the bright side...you can just ignore me and continue to tell people seeking help to download malware from the internet. That's not illegal or anything.
Hi Phil- Thanks for your response. In this situation I was standing over the camera and pictures were taken up at me while in the bathroom. I wish I could say I had a fun cat that did this but I was in a hotel room..
Thanks for the insight. My phone isnt jailbroken so I know that is not related. It could have been unlocked when I set it down. I am not quite sure. Yes, I do keep the phone muted so I did not hear any camera noises.
Or save yourself 20 minutes of reading about ancient history and have a look here:
Apple security updates - Apple Support
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-49/product_id-15556/Appl e-Iphone-Os.html
http://fortune.com/2016/03/16/malware-infect-apple-iphone-ipad/
http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-governments-smartphone-iphone-camera-wiki leaks-2017-3
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240311https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240311
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/09/12/BlueBorne-Bluetooth-Vul nerabilities
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038950
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7022
About the security content of iOS 10.3.3 - Apple Support
I love Apple products as much as the next bougie basic but its time to face the Despacito, as unpleasant as that may be.
Apologies for the delayed reply..
I figured you all had Google or were fimiliar with Apple's Product Security department which manages responses to CVE (Common Vunerabilities and Exposures) reports via countless security updates for every device ever as documented here: Apple security updates - Apple Support
1,274 formal CVE IDs issued in total for iOS:
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-49/product_id-15556/Appl e-Iphone-Os.html
http://fortune.com/2016/03/16/malware-infect-apple-iphone-ipad/
Researchers from the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks (PANW, +0.60%)said on Wednesday that they discovered new malware that can infect Apple iOS devices even if they aren’t jailbroken.
The BBC has reported that some of the iOS malware allows ‘the agency to see a target’s location, activate their device’s camera and microphone, and read text communications.’
Just prior to a hacker's conference, a participant has revealed that the iPhone 5s Secure Enclave has been hacked, and the decryption key for it has been revealed. --(secure enclave aka Touch ID)
http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-governments-smartphone-iphone-camera-wiki leaks-2017-3
Kevin Mitnick, notorious hacker and author of the book "The Art of Invisibility," explains two easy ways that someone might hack into your phone.
chase_daniel wrote:
Yes. The camera on an iPhone is attached to the internet through wifi, cellular, near field connect, bluetooth and has been exploited through any number of protocols.
Please provide reliable citations for these assertions.
No the camera on its own is not connected to anything. Nor can it be hacked.
Unless you can provide some factual evidence that the camera on an iPhone can be hacked, this is merely fear mongering of the worst kind. Please stop.
Neither the iPhone, nor its camera has any known vulnerability that would allow it to be remotely hacked and used.
If you read the document you linked to, you'll see how remotely hacking the camera on an iPhone is virtually impossible.
Kindly cite exactly what you're referring to. It's not fear mongering..it's reality. Not always a pretty place to live in but denying the facts is not the best practice. Reviewed your IO Registry lately..lol?
Can iPhones cameras be hacked?
