SMobile Systems release complete technical analysis of Etisalat update

During the Etisalat controversy, one company that has been really helpful in determining exactly what is going on is SMobile Systems. They have sent me a technical analysis of the “upgrade” which I think the BlackBerry community would be interested in reading. Etisalat.A[MA] Affected Operating Systems : BlackBerry Discovery Date : 07/08/2009 Overview : Spyware Research Engineers : Troy Vennon, David Stroop, Mayank Aggarwal Detailed Information : Etisalat.A[MA] is a spyware application that was WAP pushed to BlackBerry subscribers of the Etisalat network in the United Arab Emerites (UAE) as an approved performance patch that was described as a fix to network problems users had experienced the previous few weeks. The true nature of the spyware is to intercept BlackBerry user’s email messages and forward the messages to a monitoring agent inside the Etisalat network. The patch was delivered in both .jar and .cod form.

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SMobile Systems release complete technical analysis of Etisalat update