{"id":41696,"date":"2021-07-09T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32452\/The-FBIs-Fake-Encrypted-Honeypot-Phones-Are-Showing-Up-Online.html"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:00:29","slug":"the-fbis-fake-encrypted-honeypot-phones-are-showing-up-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/the-fbis-fake-encrypted-honeypot-phones-are-showing-up-online\/","title":{"rendered":"The FBI&#8217;s Fake Encrypted Honeypot Phones Are Showing Up Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 dhDQnh align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"5a88fad2ccfd2993b71392cdba65f5ce\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/5a88fad2ccfd2993b71392cdba65f5ce\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"5901\" data-height=\"3310\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 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data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/5a88fad2ccfd2993b71392cdba65f5ce\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"5901\" data-height=\"3310\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" class=\"js_recommend\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">About a month ago, it was revealed that an encrypted phone company was actually a front for <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kVnoAv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/encrypted-messaging-app-run-by-the-fbi-leads-to-arrest-1847051248&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/encrypted-messaging-app-run-by-the-fbi-leads-to-arrest-1847051248\">a gargantuan FBI operation<\/a><\/span> called \u201cTrojan Shield.\u201d The company, which was really a law enforcement honeypot, sold a product called \u201cANOM,\u201d an encrypted chat application installed on specific, hardened phones that the bureau was secretly distributing to track and monitor organized crime groups. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-12 dFBBhS js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-13 bHHkzv ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Criminals thought they were getting a secure, impenetrable communication platform but, in reality, their networks were owned by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies\u2014the devices having been designed by the bureau <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kVnoAv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/how-the-fbi-is-trying-to-break-encryption-without-actua-1847054471&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/how-the-fbi-is-trying-to-break-encryption-without-actua-1847054471\">in collaboration with<\/a><\/span> a high-level criminal informant who had previously sold such hardened, encrypted devices to underworld networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Now it\u2019s being <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kVnoAv js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/n7b4gg\/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/n7b4gg\/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported by Motherboard<\/a><\/span> that those phones are weirdly being resold on the secondary market, popping up on Craigslist-like forums and online retailers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Online forums devoted to Android merchandise have been abuzz with talk about how these phones, stripped of their original powers, now seem to be circulating as cheap, used products, sold to unsuspecting buyers who just want an affordable device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cI bought this phone online, for ridiculously low price, now I understand why,\u201d one second-hand buyer told Motherboard. \u201cProbably this phone was used by some drug dealer :D,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-20 dNeZiz\" readability=\"2.4\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/shop-links.co\/1745676109529756233\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\" readability=\"2.8\">\n<p>G\/O Media may get a commission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">\u201cThis is a phone the used with that FBI ANON [sic] application to read the message with the users,\u201d another forum user helpfully wrote, in a poorly worded PSA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">For the most part, the phones don\u2019t seem to work anymore and many of them have largely been wiped of their creepy features. It\u2019s also unclear who\u2019s selling these devices, though one could assume they\u2019re being peddled by former users trying to evade the heat\u2014or at least just get some of their money back.<\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-12 dFBBhS js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-13 bHHkzv ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Motherboard actually managed to get ahold of one of the phones, procuring it from one of the people who had bought it second-hand. Thus, the outlet has revealed some really interesting details about the device and, suffice it to say, it\u2019s pretty weird. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Upon first glance, the phone seems normal: A user inputs a PIN to log in, and is then taken<!-- -->&nbsp;to what looks like a fairly normal home screen. But the device comes equipped with what are, essentially, decoy apps\u2014stuff like Netflix, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tinder\u2014that, if you click on them, don\u2019t actually work. Instead, to get a functioning interface, a user has to reset the phone and type in a different PIN. Doing this resets the home screen, leaving only a clock and calculator app and the device\u2019s settings. If the calculator app is clicked on, it delivers a new login screen, prompting the user to enter an \u201cAnom ID\u201d and a password. From there, the phone\u2019s real purpose\u2014to act as an encrypted, clandestine communication channel\u2014is ostensibly opened. <\/p>\n<div id class=\"bxm4mm-12 dFBBhS js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-13 bHHkzv ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The phone also apparently offers \u201ca shortcut for what appears to be a wipe feature on the phone, with an icon showing a piece of paper going through a shredder,\u201d Motherboard reports, in reference to an apparent data wiping feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">So, yeah, fairly cloak-and-dagger stuff. Anyway, if you see a cheap, weird phone for sale on some obscure web forum that matches this description, probably best to steer clear. 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