Mobile Threat Catalogue

Malicious Application Delivered By Network Operator

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Threat Category: Mobile OS & Vendor Infrastructure

ID: ECO-6

Threat Description: Network operators may, intentionally or unintentionally, push malicious applications to registered mobile devices.

Threat Origin

Not Applicable, See Exploit or CVE Examples

Exploit Examples

UAE Blackberry update was spyware 1

CVE Examples

Not Applicable

Possible Countermeasures

References

  1. B. Thompson, “UAE Blackberry update was spyware”, 21 Jul. 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8161190.stm [accessed 8/29/2016] ↩