Security researchers Christian Papathanasiou and Nicholas Percoco, from tech security firm Trustwave, have announced that they plan on demonstrating an Android rootkit at the Defcon hackers conference in July. The rootkit, which can be activated silently via an incoming SMS or phone call, is apparently a port of an existing Linux rootkit.
“You call the phone, the phone doesn’t ring, and when the phone realizes that it’s being called by an attacker’s phone number, it sends him back a shell”
According to Papathansiou, as the rootkit runs as a Linux kernel module, …
We recently had the chance to put a few questions to NitroDesk Inc., the development team responsible for the superb and hugely popular TouchDown, an Microsoft Exchange client for Android. Here’s what they had to say:-
Can you tell us a little bit about NitroDesk and your development background?
NitroDesk was founded by Goutham in the summer of 2008, with nothing as investment but a $2000 laptop, developing Windows applications with a focus on integrating web based services such as online photo sites. When the TMobile G1 was released, NitroDesk was the …
Today we’re taking a look at a free game called Brick Annoyed, developed by Omikron. Brick Annoyed is yet another Breakout clone. A brave (or silly?) move considering the Market is teeming with them, but then the format has always been popular. To give the format a little twist, there are also geo-location based high scores. Here’s the official description from the Android Market:-
Brick Annoyed is classic arcade game. You have to destroy all balloons on the screen to advance to the next level.
Gadgets will fall from some balloons and …
Following on from our post a few days ago detailing the latest round of excuses from Enso, we received an email from a reader who has ran out of patience with the company and given up on ever receiving either a ZenPad or a refund. Here’s what the reader had to say:-
I have been trying to get my Enso Zenpad since the promised
release date of May 8th and am now resorting to contacting various
Websites about this issue.
I ordered my Zenpad on March 22nd. They have changed the ship …
Dell’s Android 1.6 packing Streak tablet will be available exclusively from O2 at some point in early June. The Streak is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 2GB of onboard storage, 5 MP camera with dual LED flash, front facing video camera, HSDPA/3G connectivity and a microSD storage slot. Dell have also stated that the Streak will be getting an upgrade to Android 2.2 later this year.
It’s an intriguing device and it’ll be interesting to see what sort of price it’ll ship at. It can’t seem to make up …
Following on from their apology at the beginning of April, Enso have released another update for those folks still anxious to see if the low cost tablet will arrive, or if it’s (as some are beginning to fear) nothing more than vaporware.
Here’s what they had to say (incidentally, the apology at the start of the email is because many people received the exact same email multiple times, we at This Android Life received it 21 times in total):-
Dear Customers, We apologize for those who already got the same email. …
