SMobile Systems release solution for Etisalat BlackBerry spyware

I was recently contacted by the good people at SMobile Systems, the providers of the only Antivirus/AntiSpyware solution for BlackBerry, about my article regarding malicious code found in a recent Etisalat update . SMobile Systems have released a solution for the recent spyware-laden update sent to BlackBerry users on the Etisalat network in the United Arab Emirates. The spyware intercepts emails and drains battery life remarkably fast. According to Chris Eng at Veracode , “the server receiving the initial registration packets (i.e. “Here I am, software is installed!”) got overloaded. Devices kept trying to connect every five seconds to empty the outbound message queue, thereby causing a battery drain.

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SMobile Systems release solution for Etisalat BlackBerry spyware