Atul Alex presented his surprise paper at the International Malware Conference, Indian Security Research. The bugged headset can also dial a pre-defined number by detecting if the device is in use or not and turn the phone into a spy device. It can steal contacts from all devices – Blackberry, iphone, Symbian, Windows and Android, without putting a malware inside the mobile phone. Malwares can now target people across all platforms, irrespective of 0-days in browsers, OS etc present or not.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/11/hardware-based-malware-steals-contacts.html