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27 Jan 2015 at 22:41, Darren PauliExclusive The maker of BlackPhone – a mobile marketed as offering unusually high levels of security – has patched a critical vulnerability that allows hackers to run malicious code on the handsets.
Attackers need little more than a phone number to send a message that can compromise the devices via the Silent Text application.
The impact of the flaw is troubling because BlackPhone attracts what hackers see as high-value victims: those willing to invest AU$765 (£415, $630) in a phone that claims to put security above form and features may well have valuable calls and texts to hide from eavesdroppers.
Noted Sydney-based hacker Mark Dowd (@mdowd) and co-founder of security consultancy Azimuth Security discovered the flaw during casual research in the latter months of last year, and shared the findings with The Register while the fix – due to be disclosed today – was being developed.
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