HTC's Android phone to reveal sensitive information

a serious security flaw has been discovered on the smartphone using Android by HTC, which allows the application can access the user information such as current location or even internal your message is on ...

According to security expert from the Eckhart Trevor, Artem Rusakovskii and Justin Case AndroidPolice security of the site, then recently, they have found inside the smartphone using the HTC Android accidentally installing an application the spies, but in theory, HTC and even outside hacker can easily manage the user's phone.

Vulnerabilities encountered on both the common line of HTC Android smartphone

Accordingly, this vulnerability is a part of Sense UI interface is typical HTC smartphone for use on your Android. It is worth noting that security breaches encountered on the common products of HTC as Thunderbolt and EVO 4G.

The smartphone will be affected by a suite of applications called HTCLoggers.apk be installed on the machine with access to the highest. The application is capable Internet connection can access the data HTCLoggers.apk, so that can detect information such as geographic location of the user (via GPS data), data link wifi connection, information about the memory and processors are using, the information on SMS messages (including contact phone numbers and message content in the form of encryption) and information systems, including email addresses, phone numbers ...

When called, spyware HTCLoggers.apk will open a port on the smartphone to provide information to any application requirement. More dangerous, HTCLoggers.apk can even send out information to the external server.

The hacker with programming skills can build an Android applications to take advantage of this vulnerability to steal the information of the HTC Android smartphone users.

According to security experts, the user can not fix this vulnerability without a patch or upgrade is released from HTC.

After the discovery of this vulnerability, three security experts have contacted HTC on 24 / 9 but has not received any feedback from the electromagnetic carrier from Taiwan. Therefore, the group decided to publicize information about this security flaw in the hope HTC will have to quickly fix them. However, until now, HTC is feedback.