The program's developer, Sheran Gunasekera, says his only intention for writing the program was to point out the dangers of using these devices in a careless way. Written in Java, the PhoneSnoop program doesn't even try to hide in the system and can be easily be found in the "downloads" section on the victims phone. The BlackBerry platform has so far been considered relatively secure, apart from the regular holes in the PDF distiller of the server's attachment service.
To protect their devices from manipulation, the US-CERT recommends that users enable a password to prevent others from accessing the device, and that they only download software from trusted sources. However, the latter tip doesn't always protect against spying attacks. Earlier this year, for instance, the leading mobile telephony provider in the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat, tried to pass a patch to its 100,000 BlackBerry customers that later turned out to be a spyware program.
Скиф > На рынок вышел шпионский мобильный софт
2009-11-05 15:12 "Разработчик программы, Sheran Gunasekera, говорит, что его единственной целью, при написания программы, было указать на опасность использования этих устройств небрежным образом."
The program's developer, Sheran Gunasekera, says his only intention for writing the program was to point out the dangers of using these devices in a careless way. Written in Java, the PhoneSnoop program doesn't even try to hide in the system and can be easily be found in the "downloads" section on the victims phone. The BlackBerry platform has so far been considered relatively secure, apart from the regular holes in the PDF distiller of the server's attachment service.
To protect their devices from manipulation, the US-CERT recommends that users enable a password to prevent others from accessing the device, and that they only download software from trusted sources. However, the latter tip doesn't always protect against spying attacks. Earlier this year, for instance, the leading mobile telephony provider in the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat, tried to pass a patch to its 100,000 BlackBerry customers that later turned out to be a spyware program.
Скиф > На рынок вышел шпионский мобильный софт
2009-11-05 15:12 "Разработчик программы, Sheran Gunasekera, говорит, что его единственной целью, при написания программы, было указать на опасность использования этих устройств небрежным образом."