USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
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USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
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Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#2Seems to require that the web page is trigged by an external source, e.g. a QR code, NFC, etc, but still scary stuff.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#3That's a pretty big flaw, there's plenty of companies with QR Codes printed on posters etc, only takes one malicious reprint or sticker overlay. I imagine Samsung will probably take fast action on it. Well, hopefully fast action.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#4If I was really bored and feeling malicious, printing QR codes to point to this "exploit" and then pasting them over QR codes on random advertisements in the streets seems like a terrible idea.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#5+++ATH0
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#6If I was really bored and feeling malicious, printing QR codes to point to this "exploit" and then pasting them over QR codes on random advertisements in the streets seems like a terrible idea.
It wouldn't affect anyone because no one has ever scanned a QR code in an ad
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#7Seems to require that the web page is trigged by an external source, e.g. a QR code, NFC, etc, but still scary stuff.
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Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#8That's a pretty big flaw, there's plenty of companies with QR Codes printed on posters etc, only takes one malicious reprint or sticker overlay. I imagine Samsung will probably take fast action on it. Well, hopefully fast action.
And then the Telcos will take a year or more to roll it out incrementally around the world as they argue with Samsung over who pays for it.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#9+++ATH0
exactly what i thought of! except even worse.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#10If I was really bored and feeling malicious, printing QR codes to point to this "exploit" and then pasting them over QR codes on random advertisements in the streets seems like a terrible idea.
It wouldn't affect anyone because no one has ever scanned a QR code in an ad
My 6 year old daughter is absolutely fascinated by QR codes. I've been nagged into scanning ones on posters, in magazines, and even one that showed up in the middle of a TV show...