pyroscott Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 According to cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, there is an email link making its way around. Once the link is opened, the virus takes over the phone allowing the hacker to listen in on phone calls and monitor the location, and have full control of the phone. The virus uses a flaw in Android's webkit browser to gain control. Currently it is limited to Froyo, but a Gingerbread version is coming soon. Hopefully Google's engineers can patch this vulnerability before it becomes widespread. iOS had a similar vulnerability exploited in 2009 but Apple quickly patched it. http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-bug-can-lead-hackers-to-grab-total-control-of-your-phone_id27275 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Talk about scary. Let's hope they do patch it quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 Talk about scary. Let's hope they do patch it quickly. Yeah. I hope this is a small scale problem and not something that spirals out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Yeah. I hope this is a small scale problem and not something that spirals out of control. I hope not either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legion125 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I use Lookout on my phone and it supposedly scans for this stuff. Been lucky so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I use Lookout on my phone and it supposedly scans for this stuff. Been lucky so far. Hackers will write new viruses or updates to existing ones to bypass programs like Lookout. Sent from Josh's Evo Shift 4G using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphorian Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) I flash too many roms and reset my phone too much To be worried about this stuff. I have an online banking account seperate (sp?) From my main account. I would never put my main account online! I also use lookout Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk Edited March 10, 2012 by Euphorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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