HTC WinMo phones could allow hackers to infect you via Bluetooth

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

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moran
While this will never happen to you ever, if you own an HTC running WinMo 6 or 6.1 you could get hacked if you accept Bluetooth connections from an untrusted source. Also if you accept Bluetooth connections from an untrusted source you deserve to be hacked.

The exploit uses the Bluetooth OBEX FTP service to crack into your filesystem and traverse directories, allowing your copy of BubbleBreaker fall into the wrong hands.

You can prevent this by buying a real smartphone and throwing your WinMo phone into the toilet.

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