by Saijo George on May 4, 2012
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Android Malware
Malicious apps on Android are nothing new , we here a couple of stories about new ones every few months. According to ArsTechnica Android users who have downloaded these apps turn their smartphones into zombies that await commands from their attacker. Earlier this year Google launched some cloud-based vulnerability scanner that is supposed to scan Android apps hosted on Google servers to prevent these sort of things. Even with these security measures in place this is not the first time abusive apps have been discovered in the Android Market.
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by Saijo George on December 13, 2011
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It seems that Khaled Salameh has discovered a bug with Windows Phone that could cause serious problem for Windows Phone users. Its is not know if this affect all Windows Phone users at this stage but winrumors does test this out on a Samsung and HTC device and it would seem both of them are affected by the bug, the effect of which causes Windows Phone to reboot and disables the message hub and it’s said that the user will not be able to open up the messaging hub unless they do a hard reset. All it takes is a SMS to be sent to Windows Phone ( using a specific set of text ).
Thankfully Khaled Salameh and WinRumors have not made this particular info public and its a good thing , imagine the trouble if something like this were made public.
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by . Saijo on June 15, 2010
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moTweets-AccountsXML
I am not sure how the other Windows Mobile clients handle this according to
@mus_hi, the free ad supported version of moTweets saves your twitter password in an XML file. With access to the file system via a File Explorer on Windows Mobile, its all too easy to look for this XML file in the installation directory and open it and guess what ? You password is saved there. We have contacted
Panoramic Software to inform them of the issue and will let you know about any updates on the issue. ( read more about the issue on
mushive.com ), I wouldn’t say you should stop using moTweets, but dont pass your device around to those nosy friends / siblings. moTweets is definitely one of the better twitter client on Windows Phone and I hope they have an update to fix the issue soon.
What twitter Client do you guys use ? Does it have the same issue ?
Update : A rep from Panoramic Software got back to us with this info .. This issue has already been addressed and will be released with the next version 1.8.3, which should be out today.
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by . Saijo on April 8, 2010
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Virus
Many Windows Mobile users started noticing a strange issue with their windows Mobile device. The device was automatically calling out random international numbers with out the users permission.
The issue was first noticed by smudgelab over at xda-developers. some of the telephone numbers that was dialed out includes
+88213213214
+1(767)503-3611
+25240221601
After a lot of discussion , they have found a common issue most of the users have installed a game ” 3D Anti-terrorist “. We are not 100% if the issue stems from this game but We received an email from someone who posed to be the developer of the game, and gave us the developers site as a fake-page hosted on atspace.com. The game was hosted on rapidshare on the fake-developers page. Apparently the game was developed by Huike.cn and its not a free game. This dodgy individual must have loaded the game with the trojan dialer and many unsuspecting users including myself installed this game.
What should you do now.
Go through your call history, check for any calls that look suspicious ( cross reference with the numbers posted above ). Block out going international and premium numbers ( if you dont use them ). Delete ” 3D Anti-terrorist ” if you have installed it. Install a Windows Mobile Antivirus ( most of them are not free, try the demo to see if they work for you )
AirScanner
LookOut ( Free )
Kaspersky Mobile Security
Symantec Mobile AntiVirus
F-Secure Mobile Security
We will keep you posted on the developments in regards to this issue.
Thanks to Alfredo-Nicolas Rios for bringing the issue to our attention.
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by . Saijo on December 18, 2009
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windows-mobile-virus
Kaspersky has relased info on a new Mobile Phone trojan ( Trojan-SMS.WinCE.Sejweek.a ) ,
WMPowerUser informs us that ”
the Trojan-SMS.WinCE.Sejweek.a trojan is commonly found associated with pirated software, downloads an XML file from a website which contains the numbers of premium rate SMS numbers and the frequency at which the expensive ($1 per message) SMS messages will be sent. Due to the variety of SMS numbers being sent to it is less easy to block the money making part of the scheme, making the trojan’s utility that much longer lived. ”
by . Saijo on August 20, 2009
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The DSD is the Australian Government’s national authority for information security. Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system have successful completed the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program and also has obtained
Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4).
( EAL7 is the highest possible level )
By meeting the security criteria for EAL4, Windows Mobile 6.1 are accepted under the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) by Australia and 25 other countries worldwide including the United Kingdom and the United States. The CCRA ensures that evaluations of IT products are performed to high and globally consistent standards. Thus, this certification provides government and enterprise customers with definitive information about the security features in Windows Mobile 6.1, and assurance that mobile workers can securely access sensitive data on information networks.
Mike Burgess, first assistant secretary, Information Security, Defence Signals Directorate, said, “We have worked very closely with Microsoft throughout this assessment process to ensure that Windows Mobile 6.1 meets the security needs for government and enterprise networks.”
via windowsteamblog.com
by . Saijo on July 24, 2009
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iPhone Hacked
Here is an iPhone Story that many wont tell you. According to Jonathan Zdziarski,, an iPhone developer and a hacker who teaches forensics courses on recovering data from iPhones, claims that the enterprise-friendly encryption included with the iPhone 3GS is so weak it can be cracked in two minutes with a few pieces of readily available freeware. In a recent report from
wired.com He claims that “It is kind of like storing all your secret messages right next to the secret decoder ring,” and also went on to say “I don’t think any of us have ever seen encryption implemented so poorly before, which is why it’s hard to describe why it’s such a big threat to security.”
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by . Saijo on July 16, 2009
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windows-mobile-virus
According to
MSMobile.com Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile sold by O2 has a virus that is located in some memory cards that are delivered in package of Toshiba TG01. This virus has infected only devices sold in July 2009 and devices sold previously (sales of Toshiba TG01 started at O2 Germany in June) are not affected. This is the first time ever when virus software is encountered in a Windows Mobile phone that is commercially sold.
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