+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Spyware In BlackBerry Updates For Users in the UAE | | from the this-could-happen-in-$yourcountry-too dept. | | posted by timothy on Wednesday July 15, @16:20 (Privacy) | | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/15/2012221 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]mulaz writes with this excerpt from The Register: "An update pushed out to BlackBerry users on the Etisalat network in the United Arab Emirates appears to contain [1]remotely-triggered spyware that allows the interception of messages and emails, as well as crippling battery life. Sent out as a WAP Push message, the update installs a Java file that one curious customer decided to take a closer look at, only to discover an application intended to intercept both email and text messages, sending a copy to an Etisalat server without the user being aware of anything beyond a slightly excessive battery drain." Discuss this story at: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/07/15/2012221 Links: 0. http://www.mulaz.org/ 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/14/blackberry_snooping/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
