full-disclosure - Re: Android and malware

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Message-ID: <20101124143412.090a07fe@0xC0FF33>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:34:12 +0100
From: Milan Berger <m.berger@...ject-mindstorm.net>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Android and malware

Hi,

> 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?

not without user interaction.
 
> 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?

wipe the phone if you don't know anything.
For investigating get adb and read lolcats



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Milan Berger
Project-Mindstorm Technical Engineer

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