Linux-based platform prone to Web-injection vulnerabilities and targeted attacks for stealing data.A pair of researchers has discovered multiple flaws in the WebOS smartphone platform, including one that could let an attacker build a mobile botnet or execute other remote attacks.
Orlando Barrera and Daniel Herrera of SecTheory plan to demonstrate their findings tomorrow at the Austin Hackers Association meeting in Texas. The most dangerous of the vulnerabilities is an injection flaw they found on the WebOS version 1.4.X that allows remote command and control, including access to a phone's files or injecting a remote JavaScript backdoor into the phone's Contacts Application to build a botnet.
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