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Can a compromised Android device infect your PC just by sharing network access? (USB tethering internet)
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<blockquote data-quote="gfgtkitkat34" data-source="post: 1115511" data-attributes="member: 116087"><p>Let's assume hypothetically that everything they say about Chinese mobile brands is true and all of them comes with preinstalled, remotely activated malware that can hack the mobile device when the Chinese government wants.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">My question is if the user uses this phone to access the internet on his computer by using a USB-C cable/USB tethering, can the people that hacked your mobile also gain control of your computer?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Is this technically possible? Is the regular user going to have to worry about this?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">In this scenario, let's assume that the user didn't copy anything from the infected device and also didn't install any software that the Android device manufacturer recommended to install on his computer.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gfgtkitkat34, post: 1115511, member: 116087"] Let's assume hypothetically that everything they say about Chinese mobile brands is true and all of them comes with preinstalled, remotely activated malware that can hack the mobile device when the Chinese government wants. [LIST=1] [*]My question is if the user uses this phone to access the internet on his computer by using a USB-C cable/USB tethering, can the people that hacked your mobile also gain control of your computer? [*]Is this technically possible? Is the regular user going to have to worry about this? [*]In this scenario, let's assume that the user didn't copy anything from the infected device and also didn't install any software that the Android device manufacturer recommended to install on his computer. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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