Impacted phone owners appear to have little recourse at this time, as the service responsible for this information disclosure cannot be removed without rooting the phone and installing a stock version of Android. (more)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Major Privacy Breach Discovered on Motorola Phones
An independent security researcher published proof this
week that Motorola phones with the Blur service installed are sending a
myriad of credentials and private information silently to Motorola
servers, as well as communicating via a modified version of the Jabber
protocol in a format reminiscent of botnet command-and-control.
The
disclosure - which featured packet captures, screen shots, and a full
analysis of all of the data being sent - includes reproduction
instructions for anyone concerned about their Motorola phone behaving
in a similar manner.
Impacted phone owners appear to have little recourse at this time, as the service responsible for this information disclosure cannot be removed without rooting the phone and installing a stock version of Android. (more)
Impacted phone owners appear to have little recourse at this time, as the service responsible for this information disclosure cannot be removed without rooting the phone and installing a stock version of Android. (more)
