UPDATE: I have been contacted by Avast to clarify this SMS issue and I’m working with them to fix this. I think I found the bug and, if proven, it’s something really funny. I hope I’ll be able to update you soon as I am leaving to EUSecWest conference. UPDATE2: It was not the bug [...]
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avast Mobile Security is sending SMS without user knowledge
Posted by m-sec.net on September 15th, 2012
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About SIM card tracker app
Posted by m-sec.net on September 7th, 2012
Yesterday a tweet got my attention: “sim card tracker found on all orange sim cards. sends location, IMEI to operator, without your knowledge“. As I am a little bit suspicious about this kind of things, I have asked to define “all” and “without your knowledge”. Immediately came the reply which confirmed my feeling: “the smart card [...]
