full-disclosure - Re: Android and malware

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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:16:04 -0500
From: "Elazar Broad" <elazar@...hmail.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, eyeballing.weev@...il.com
Subject: Re: Android and malware

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It is definitely possible(http://www.cultofmac.com/android-app-
sends-personal-data-to-china/52929), there have been several well
know local root exploits(i.e. http://c-
skills.blogspot.com/2010/08/please-hold-line.html) for the Android
system, though it may be a busted proximity sensor. Just my .02...

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:46:05 -0500 Eyeballing Weev
<eyeballing.weev@...il.com> wrote:
>Hello
>
>My friend is a public official and he believes his Android (HTC
>Dash)
>was bugged/infected by someone through a text message attachment.
>Has
>anyone seen anything commercially available or available online to
>do this?
>
>I don't know anything about smartphones but was wondering if
>anyone has
>Android experience with something like this. Does the Android have
>
>startup functions like Windows's Startup folder where we can
>investigate?
>
>The issues are a real bad echo, the phone acting really weird such
>as
>the battery life going bad and the phone lighting up on the table
>during
>it being idle.
>
>Thank you
>
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