App Store-ul companiei Apple a fost laudat ca fiind un magazin de aplicatii ce este ferit de malware si de aplicatii capabile sa fure datele utilizatorilor, insa cei de la Kaspersky sustin ca Apple a publicat prima aplicatie de acest gen. Aplicatia numita Find and Call incarca in secret toate contactele utilizatorilor pe serverele unei companii si dezvoltatorii ei trimit mai apoi mesaje text si email-uri de tip spam catre persoanele din respectivele liste. Informatiile vin de la doi cercetatori ai Kaspersky care sustin ca acasta aplicatie este disponibila in App Store si Android Market, iar utilizatorii sunt expusi unui risc.
Antivirus researchers at Kaspersky say they’ve spotted an app known as “Find and Call” in both the iPhone App Store and Google’s Play market that secretly uploads all of a user’s contacts to a remote server and then sends text message and email spam to every number listed in his or her phonebook. Those messages, written in Russian and first reported by Russian mobile carrier MegaFon, simply advertise the app and include a link to a download site. But the app, which advertises itself as a tool for aggregating and simplifying contacts, doesn’t warn users it plans to upload their entire phonebook and mass-text and mass-email everyone they know. Add in the fact that it also spoofs the user’s number so that text messages appear to come from a trusted sender’s phone, and “Find and Call” almost certainly qualifies as the scummiest app to ever find its way past Apple’s significant security measures.
Deocamdata doar utilizatorii rusi au probleme cu aceasta aplicatie care in App Store-ul romanesc nici macar nu exista, deci deocamdata noi nu suntem expusi vreunui pericol. Aplicatia nu poate fi calificata drept una de tip malware, insa felul in care functioneaza ea reprezinta un risc pentru posesorii de terminale iOS si Android OS. Apple si Google au fost contactate pentru a retrage aplicatiile din App Store si Google Play, insa pana cand se va intampla acest lucru ar fi bine sa o evitati daca vi se recomanda sa o utilizati.
UPDATE: Se pare ca Apple a retras aplicatia din App Store.
