Critical vulnerability discovered in Android

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During the conference of security experts and hackers, ShmooCon, a critical vulnerability in Google's operating system, Android, which would allow a malicious person to access the credentials stored in your browser to take remote control of the phone. The experts recommended, until the official patch, avoid using your browser or visit sites of great confidence and only from the network by avoiding the T-Mobile WiFi.

Strange about it is that it was confirmed that the patch already existed and was available from February 7 in the Google repositories, but for some unknown reason Google was not distributed to users. There may be other patches waiting for a good time to be published, does not have good press be sending patches weekly, which has been highly critical of Microsoft.

Security problem in Nokia SHIP

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It is quite worrying that a relatively simple way to disable a possible chance of receiving Nokia SHIP and MMSs. First of all clarify that the technique is simple, but people from Nokia and the operators have already received this data to find a solution for now is only a "factory reset"

I saw him at Unwired View and full details are at this link, just in case ... take a tip and try to not try.

A geek detail, called it "The Curse of Silence" or "The Curse of Silence";)

Lenovo will lock its Thinkpad via SMS

. Lenovo is working with Phoenix, a BIOS developer, to develop a technology that will be available from Q1 2009 and, according to eWeek info, you will have the functionality to block Thinkpad notebook completely through a SMS.


The system works like this: after our Lenovo Thinkpad notebook falling into unwanted hands, we must send a text message containing a specific text, and our notebook locks immediately if you are turned on or if it is off, the next time and is switched between a mobile network. To turn the notebook, if you come into our hands, we will introduce a code created during startup of the computer and recover the notebook as it was.

Lenovo is having much interaction with users through several blogs LenovoBlogs consolidated, so no doubt that this will come out of an idea of some user.

3G Americas recommends security in mobile applications and home banking

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3G Americas, a partnership that strengthens the entire industry GSM, UMTS, HSPA and LTE, announced the publication of a research report called the Security and Trust in Mobile Applications that reveals the difficulties faced by the users consumers, and providers of applications, malicious attempts to compromise the security of mobile applications, such as identity theft, phishing and pharming, complicated issues today, as we are moving from our hiperconectados many mobile platforms.

The report outlines key applications and services that exceed the current requirements and future. For example, he mentioned the universal integrated circuit card (UICC, as its Spanish acronym), a token that is recognized both in the mobile industry by banks as the device more secure and resistant to handling storage and use of credentials authentication.


The UICC is engineered to include a series of physical and logical countermeasures that make compromising its secrets virtually impossible. To ensure that only specified users access to secret information contained in the UICC, the information is protected by a PIN or password which enables two-factor authentication.

According to the latest information, the industry already has a GSM 3418 million terminals in operation around the world and is widespread throughout the Americas with 67% of total mobile subscribers on the continent, and that these efforts will be well used by most mobile users.

Already out for the first Android AntiVirus

. A company has launched a version of antivirus for Android, mobile operating system based on Linux promoted by Google. SMobile Systems software, called VirusGuard, claims to be capable of scanning devices and memory cards of over 400 known types of malware.


The software can be downloaded from Handango Store for 9.99 dollars, and to avoid misunderstandings on that equipment is designed, pointing directly to T-Mobile G1 with Android in its press release.


Linux lovers always said they did not need an antivirus that their operating systems were invulnerable and that there was no virus in that environment ... then we do not understand what happened with this, if you changed the status of vulnerability of linux, or if its still true security bugs before ...