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Title: Carrier Software Flaws Imperil Smartphones: Report
Post by: HCK on August 08, 2014, 09:00:24 pm
Carrier Software Flaws Imperil Smartphones: Report

Wireless carriers pose a threat to mobile phone security, researchers have disclosed.
Mathew Solnik and Marc Blanchou of Accuvant this week told an audience at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas that Android, BlackBerry and some iOS devices are vulnerable. The problem lies in a device management tool using the OMA Device Management Standard, which carriers embed into mobile devices.

Source: Carrier Software Flaws Imperil Smartphones: Report (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80867.html?rss=1)