Thread: Veracodes spyware monkey steals the berries

Originally Posted by era3z

jeez.... I knew it.. there's no absolute security.... there must be a way to crack in... but yeah.... just don't answer stranger's call (unknown or private number), or just don't store important information on your BB...

Kinda sad, I've always thought (naively) that my BB is absolutely secure, and that I could use it for very private info... hurts to see that I could be wrong with a single new app install... now I need a guard to kill my berry with a single click or mail!

Is not just with a single app install but with a single permissions modification, yet with the spyware installed via an app, if the permission are correctly set and the app is has not been given trusted status you are safe.
What most people need to do is read and learn what the bb terminology means, in example what giving trusted status to an app means is unknown for most blackberry users.
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Originally Posted by ealvnv

What most people need to do is read and learn what the bb terminology means, in example what giving trusted status to an app means is unknown for most blackberry users.
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Exactly! But I find this very difficult myself. Is there any good reading or advice about bb app permission terminology you could recommend?

how about blackberry answers on your phone via the blackberry home page, you dont know how many answers you can find in there

Originally Posted by breiti

Kinda sad, I've always thought (naively) that my BB is absolutely secure, and that I could use it for very private info... hurts to see that I could be wrong with a single new app install... now I need a guard to kill my berry with a single click or mail!

smrtgrd?

or just put it inside your wallet...? well the most secure place is in your head... but to mention about our brain capability... hm..........:bandit:

I've been wondering about security on the bb, especially since it is a mini computer and anything that has capability to surf the net of send and recieve stuff is surely, more than likely able to be hacked into...ugh, they will never stop will they, but I'm sure this will get some attention at RIM to start configuring new high tech security! It's so impossible to simply store stuff on paper anymore, you're so much more likely to lose it that way and besides it will still be able to be stolen just as your wallet is..oh, well, just have to start storing in my head as with the hundreds of passwords I use for every site I am subscribed to, it's a wonder how my brain can handle all those passwords...aye, yi, yi!!

Originally Posted by fwdiva

I've been wondering about security on the bb, especially since it is a mini computer and anything that has capability to surf the net of send and recieve stuff is surely, more than likely able to be hacked into...ugh, they will never stop will they, but I'm sure this will get some attention at RIM to start configuring new high tech security! It's so impossible to simply store stuff on paper anymore, you're so much more likely to lose it that way and besides it will still be able to be stolen just as your wallet is..oh, well, just have to start storing in my head as with the hundreds of passwords I use for every site I am subscribed to, it's a wonder how my brain can handle all those passwords...aye, yi, yi!!

Ok, please tell me a few of your PWs, so I will store them for you

You're absolutely right imho - a "computerized device", the net, and again all the idiots just having to hack and to destroy...

Not those, showing that it can be done, but those really exploiting it...

Hey sometimes hackers hack because is needed to find a way to not be hacked....but once again is that easy...
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