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Auto DNS poisoning: while charging Android smartphone via computer it is possible to perform automated and even remotely controlled DNS poisoning without any user interaction (www.mobile-hacker.com)

submitted 11 months ago by repostbot33 to c/netsec

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So I understand better, could you explain the scenario where you would use this and what it would get you as the attacker?

Is it like: "Hey bud, please plug my phone into your computer." Then, they click through everything, you get privileged execution, and you choose to modify the hosts file?

You believe that would have a high chance of success? What do you get afterwards?