Comments on: UAE Telco Etisalat Installs Spyware On Users Blackberries http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/ Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Computer Security Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous coward http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/#comment-158415 Anonymous coward Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:08:33 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1955#comment-158415 detailed analys was done on this at site here http://chirashi.zensay.com/whitepapers/ detailed analys was done on this at site here http://chirashi.zensay.com/whitepapers/

]]> By: Pantagruel http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/#comment-158411 Pantagruel Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:23:40 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1955#comment-158411 @huraimel This can be circumvented using PGP (www.pgp.com/products/pgp_support_package_for_bb/). This spyware update however introdudes a backdoor and straight access to the BB's contents, rendering encryption on-demand useless (i'm not sure if the BB stores the email fully encrypted [local storage I mean]), no BB here to have a test. @huraimel

This can be circumvented using PGP (www.pgp.com/products/pgp_support_package_for_bb/).

This spyware update however introdudes a backdoor and straight access to the BB’s contents, rendering encryption on-demand useless (i’m not sure if the BB stores the email fully encrypted [local storage I mean]), no BB here to have a test.

]]> By: huraimel http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/#comment-158408 huraimel Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:41:45 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1955#comment-158408 i am really surprised from this article that comes form an expert from security domain. first of all let me remind you that the BB services (emails, msgs, ...) already goes through the BB servers in Canad and most of the uses (i think) are a ware of that. so as a user, i know that my e-mail are exposed by the BB service provider so why i will not be happy when it will be exposed by the telecom service provider. for me it is the same. i am really surprised from this article that comes form an expert from security domain. first of all let me remind you that the BB services (emails, msgs, …) already goes through the BB servers in Canad and most of the uses (i think) are a ware of that.

so as a user, i know that my e-mail are exposed by the BB service provider so why i will not be happy when it will be exposed by the telecom service provider. for me it is the same.

]]> By: cbrp1r8 http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/#comment-158397 cbrp1r8 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:11:11 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1955#comment-158397 lololol way to get rid of your customers.. lololol way to get rid of your customers..

]]> By: Pantagruel http://www.darknet.org.uk/2009/07/uae-telco-etisalat-installs-spyware-on-users-blackberries/#comment-158396 Pantagruel Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:43:11 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1955#comment-158396 According to a poll www.arabianbusiness.com/562771-more-than-50-of-blackberry-users-to-ditch-etisalat---poll , some 50% or more is about to ditch Etisalat due to their spyware 'update'. This seems more than logical to me and shows more regimes are interrested in gathering info at any means possible. According to a poll http://www.arabianbusiness.com/562771-more-than-50-of-blackberry-users-to-ditch-etisalat—poll , some 50% or more is about to ditch Etisalat due to their spyware ‘update’. This seems more than logical to me and shows more regimes are interrested in gathering info at any means possible.

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