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 Send to email | HTC investigating potential Sense security flaw in MobileSecurityEVO 3DEVO 4GflawhackHTCissueSensationSenseThunderboltUI |  By Todd Haselton
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A report was recently published by Android Police that suggests HTC’s Sense user interface has several major security flaws that provide HTC with access to SMS data, phone numbers, system logs, location information and much more. Worse, the flaw could potentially allow any third-party application to access the same private information without having permission from the user to do so. The security issue has been identified on the HTC ThunderBolt, EVO 4G and EVO 3D. “HTC takes our customers’ security very seriously, and we are working to investigate this claim as quickly as possible,” HTC said in a statement. “We will provide an update as soon as we’re able to determine the accuracy of the claim and what steps, if any, need to be taken.” HTC addressed a browser privacy issue in June and also commented on another report in early September which suggested the Sensation and EVO 3D were spying on users. HTC responded to the browser issue with a fix and said the “spying” allegations were a result of an HTC “opt-in” feature that allows HTC to collect data so that it can improve its phones.
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| HTC investigating potential Sense security flaw | | A report was recently published by Android Police that suggests HTC’s Sense user interface has several major security flaws that provide HTC with access to SMS data, phone numbers, system logs, location information and much more. Worse, the flaw could potentially allow any third-party application to access the same private information without having permission from the user to do so. The sec [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Oct-2011 by Todd Haselton in MobileSecurityEVO 3DEVO 4GflawhackHTCissueSensationSenseThunderboltUI
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| HTC issues statement on Sense security flaw, says patch coming soon | | HTC has issued a new statement addressing concerns over a security flaw recently discovered on several of its Android-powered smartphones. The vulnerability could allow third-party apps to access and steal private data including SMS messages, contact data, system logs, location information and more. ”HTC takes claims related to the security of our products very seriously. In our ongoing inve [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Oct-2011 by Zach Epstein in MobileSecurityEVO 3DEVO 4GHTCHTC ThunderBoltpatchsecurity flawsecurity holeSensestatement
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| FBI investigating AT&T security breach | | And here comes the FBI. Speaking to Wall Street Journal, an FBI spokesperson confirmed that the FBI has opened an investigation into the security breach which saw the confidential information of some 114,067 iPad 3G owners being retrieved. Despite the claims… [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Jun-2010 by Michael Bettiol in AT&TAppleLegalFBIhackersiPadiPad 3GiPad Wi-Fi + 3GSecuritySecurity breach
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| iOS 4.2 GM fixes dialer security flaw |  Just a quick follow up to an article we posted last week. It looks like Apple’s iOS 4.2 gold master candidate, which was pushed out to developers last night, closes the security loop hole that allowed the iPhone’s lock screen to be bypassed from the “Emergency Call” function. We’ve been trying, unsuccessful, to replicate the issue with the latest iOS pre-release. If y [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Nov-2010 by Andrew Munchbach in MobileSoftware4.14.2AccessApplebugBypassflawGMgoldiOSMasterSecurity
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| Serious Safari security flaw found | 
If you are a Mac user, and fancy Safari as your default internet browser, you are going to want to pay attention to this one. A bug found in Safari’s AutoFill feature can allow a malicious website to gather personal information from a… [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Jul-2010 by Kelly Hodgkins in AppleSecuritybrowsersExploitflawSafari
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| OS X Lion security flaw allows anyone to change your password | | Security blog Defense in Depth has found a glaring security flaw in OS X Lion that enables hackers to change the password of any user on a machine running Lion. “[While] non-root users are unable to access the shadow files directly, Lion actually provides non-root users the ability to still view password hash data,” Patrick Dunstan from Defense in Depth explained in a recent blog post. [..] Read complete article | | Published 19-Sep-2011 by Todd Haselton in SecuritySoftwareflawhackerlionlocalos xpasswordprivacyuser
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| All GSM phones vulnerable to major security flaw, hacker says | | All GSM phones, such as those that run on T-Mobile and AT&T in the United States, are vulnerable to a major security flaw that could allow hackers to send text messages or place phone calls remotely using a new security flaw, one hacker said recently. Speaking to Reuters ahead of a hacking convention in Berlin, Karsten Nohl, the head of Germany’s Security Research Labs, said the attack c [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Dec-2011 by Todd Haselton in MobileSecurityflawGSMhackerNohlprivacySecurity Research Labs
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| Reports of a Gmail security flaw are proven false | | A recent rumor of a Gmail security vulnerability that reportedly led to people having their domains hijacked was proven to be false on Wednesday. The rumor claims that a flaw in Gmail allowed unauthorized users to access a user’s Gmail account and create a forwarding filter without their knowledge; effectively stealing all incoming email. The [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-Nov-2008 by Kelly Hodgkins in NewsServicesflawgmailgooglephishingscamsecurityvulnerability
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| Hacker uncovers major iOS security flaw [video] | ![Image 0 en - Hacker uncovers major iOS security flaw [video]](http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/iPhone-4S-withbox.jpeg) A major security flaw in Apple’s iOS operating system that could allow hackers to remotely gain unauthorized access to an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad has been uncovered by a security expert. Described by Forbes as a “serial Mac hacker,” Accuvant LABS computer security researcher Charlie Miller has uncovered a security flaw that allows hackers to build apps that look legitimate and [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Nov-2011 by Zach Epstein in MobileSecurityAppleCharlie MillerhackhackeriOSiPadiPhoneipod touchsecurity flawvulnerability
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