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Android.Counterclank considered as the advertiser who has invaded the privacy of the users of Android phones. A number of data was uploaded without the owner's knowledge, what are they?

Although not categorized as malware, but the presence of a slip Android.Counterclank 13 Android applications should be wary. Therefore, this application can move without permission of the owner of the phone.

As reported by Symantec, Saturday (04/02/2012), embedded applications Android.Counterclank will automatically transmit user data, such as IMEI number, brand, screen size mobile phone, and your operating system to a server that has been determined that apperhand.com .

In addition Android.Counterclank will make some changes to the phones, such as changing the home page on the browser, adding bookmarks that ultimately refer to the site searchwebmobile.com.

For information, searchwebmobile.com a third party site that will provide compensation dollars for applications that drive the search through their website.

Until now, applications that contain Android.Counterclank still circulating freely in the Android Market. According to Symantec, Google refused to remove this application because they do not violate their rules.

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There Are Holes or Gaps in the Android Security

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A number of researchers have revealed a gap in Google's mobile operating system is.

The investigators who succeeded in dismantling the holes that can be utilized that cyber criminals are Konings Bastian, Jens Nickels, and Florian Schaub of the University of Ulm, Germany.

The security hole was reported to be on the Android version 2.3.3 and the associated authentication ClientLogin unsafe. ClientLogin itself is used as an application to perform authentication in order to pass account and password via a wireless connection.

Cracks in Android itself is not true this time it was reported recently. Research from the three researchers from the University of Ulm is intrigued to dismantle Android on recognized even after reading the postings from Dan Wallach, of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy.

Wallach's Post such as wanted to warn the users of Android order to be more vigilant when surfing the Internet via Wi-Fi network.

Until the three come to the conclusion that Android 2.3.3 has a gap to be infiltrated by the hackers to infiltrate the feature finally allows calendar, contacts list, to a private web album.

Quoted from News Factor, Wednesday (18/05/2011), Google asked to react on this issue. While users are advised to immediately update to version 2.3.4 Android device and turn off automatic synchronization when connected to Wi-Fi networks that are open.