Thursday, August 5, 2010

As we all knew, our Blackberry's are not secure

BOSTON (Reuters) - Research in Motion's resistance to giving governments access to its BlackBerry network misses a major point -- authorities could probably hack the data on their own if they want it badly enough, security experts say.

Indeed, a major attack against BlackBerry users by a telecom in the United Arab Emirates employed that very tactic a year ago, according to RIM. Experts say other malicious programs are likely to be lurking around, readying to be sprung.....

I highly suggest you read the whole article via the link below.   It is fascinating and a bit scary that a major corporation deliberately sent malware to it's customers?    Who was behind this one?  


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6745L820100805

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