Vodafone Spain Admits HTC Magics Operator Mobile Phone
There is no hiding the fact that when you get something new, the first thing you want to do is open the box, pop in the battery [if you need battery] and then turn it and start going about your business. What you do not want is to activate the device and discover that you have obtained that information piracy programs related to botnet malware.
This is a bad day. That’s what happened to thousands of people who just took Magic HTC Vodafone Spain, mobile operators recently admitted. Mariposa officially agent infected botnet somewhere in the average about 3,000 aircraft, the company told the Spanish media on Thursday. The company has met their Iberian branch, as well as representatives from Panda Security, which actually makes malware rights violations since the beginning. Vodafone Spain has given to the representatives of the magic HTC companies to test, and that’s where all these problems started, back in early March.
While Mariposa is throwing a big name now, it appears that other types of malware have also been found on most HTC Magics. How information stealing programs find their way into the phone? Through the SD card. The second infection was also confirmed by the announcement earlier this week, when the device has found a way to S21Sec security consultant.
Vodafone Spain is now in the 3000 replacement of the MicroSD card. Not because they thought it was a precautionary measure, but because they have been fully admitted that the 3000 device is likely to become infected. Fortunately, Vodafone itself is investigating the situation and so far have found that the event is local and does not spread through other European Vodafone handsets. This is obviously shocking news, but we are pleased that the wireless operator, is to acknowledge the problem and do what they should do to improve the situation. Hopefully they can address the source and prevent the same thing happened again. [via slashgear]
If you found this page useful, consider linking to it. Simply copy and paste the code below into your web site (Ctrl+C to copy).
It will look like this: Vodafone Spain Admits HTC Magics Operator Mobile Phone
Comments
Leave a Reply