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Security Flaw Is Revealed in T-Mobile’s Google Phone
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:39:34 -0600 (CST)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/technology/internet/25phone.html By JOHN MARKOFF NYTimes.com October 24, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - Just days after the T-Mobile G1 smartphone went on the market, a group of security researchers have found what they call a serious flaw in the Android software from Google that runs it. One of the researchers, Charles A. Miller, notified Google of the flaw this week and said he was publicizing it now because he believed that cellphone users were not generally aware that increasingly sophisticated smartphones faced the same threats that plague Internet-connected personal computers. Mr. Miller, a former National Security Agency computer security specialist, said the flaw could be exploited by an attacker who might trick a G1 user into visiting a booby-trapped Web site. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/
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