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Cell Phone Spying Apps Next Step…

Sell the app antidote!
Google may have “Don’t be evil” as its motto, but DLP Mobile seems to be embracing the dark side in charging ÂŁ1.86 for an app to remove its own spyware.
Companies that sell software for spying on partners are already on highly-dubious moral ground, but selling an application to remove your own spyware would be a step too far for most. But not DLP Mobile, who will sell you a copy of Reveal, an application designed to remove their own spying application… despite the fact that the former isn’t available any more. (more)

By on 17/11/2010

"Is my cell phone bugged?" Could be.

According to MWR InfoSecurity, at least two mobile phones that are being sold around the world are capable of being turned into Mobile bugging devices. The company says that most mobile phones are open to immediate cyber attack and network providers are doing little to help.

Recently MWR InfoSecurity alerted users worldwide that the Palm Pre mobile phone could be used as a bugging device without the user’s knowledge, and that phones using the Google Android system could be easily interrogated for passwords. They have now discovered that a HTC phone can be also be compromised and used as a remote bugging device. (more)

By on 14/11/2010

Sprint Excludes Chinese Companies From Contract Over Security Fears

Sprint Nextel is excluding Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE from a contract worth billions of dollars largely because of national security concerns in Washington. The Defense Department and some U.S. lawmakers have been increasingly concerned about the two companies’ ties to the Chinese government and military, and the security implications of letting their equipment into critical U.S. infrastructure. Some officials argue China’s military could use Huawei or ZTE equipment to disrupt or intercept American communications. (more)

By on 06/11/2010

Google Bans SMS Spy App Tap

A controversial mobile phone application, which helps a cell phone user read the text messages of others secretly, has been removed from sale by Internet search engine Google.
Google said the application, called SMS Secret Replicator, violated its terms.

Once installed on a mobile phone, the Android phone application automatically creates carbon copies of incoming text messages and forwards them to a selected number – prompting fears it could be used by jealous lovers and even work colleagues to snoop on private messages. (more) (video)

Google may have dropped it from their marketplace, but doesn’t mean this $9.99 app is not available elsewhere. (more) 
Coming soon, a way you can detect if your phone is infected with spyware. (more)

By on 01/11/2010

Security Alert: iCracked

A security flaw in the iPhone allows strangers to bypass the handset’s lock screen with a few button presses.

…the quick method to circumvent an iPhone’s passcode-protected lock screen:
• tap the “Emergency Call” button,
• then enter three pound signs,
• hit the green Call button
• and immediately press the Lock button.
That simple procedure gives a snoop full access to the Phone app on the iPhone, which contains the address book, voicemail and call history. (more)

Apple:

“We’re aware of this issue and we will deliver a fix to customers as part of the iOS 4.2 software update in November.” 

“Why is this important?”
Not having password protection on a smart phone leaves you open to information theft, jail-breaking and injection of spyware.

“Why does this trick exist?”
• It is a software loophole.
• It is a programmer’s shortcut they forgot to patch.
• It is a programmer’s Easter egg.
• It is a law enforcement backdoor never meant to become public knowledge.
Interesting question. You decide.

FutureWatch: The ability to create passwords longer than four measly digits… which is only a pool of only 10,000 passwords. ~Kevin

By on 29/10/2010