Security experts say the Carrier IQ software, designed to stealthily transmit a wealth of smartphone usage data to wireless carriers and vendors, is a serious enterprise security threat and highlights the need for greater transparency about the data being collected. Carrier IQ has heightened scrutiny and awareness of what data…
Carrier IQ: Spyware or Handy Tool? What You Need to Know
YouTube/Trevor Eckhart Security researcher Trevor Eckhart demonstrates how Carrier IQ logs keystrokes on his Android smartphone. Over 100 million smartphones are tracking their owners’ every step, Android developer Trevor Eckhart claims, thanks to software that comes preinstalled on phones from most major carriers. During a security demonstration revealed on Monday,…
BlackBerry Safe From Carrier IQ ‘Spyware,’ RIM Says
RIM The Blackberry Bold 9900, a touchscreen version of the popular smarthphone, will be unveiled this summer, the company said. Research In Motion does not install, nor authorize, its carrier partners to install “Carrier IQ” monitoring software on its BlackBerry smartphones, the company said on Thursday. RIM made the statement…
Which Carriers’ Smartphones Have the ‘Carrier IQ’ Spyware?
As details are uncovered about the Carrier IQ rootkit, which was secretly installed on over 140 million smartphones. According to Carrier IQ’s website, every company that knows what it does has tried to distance itself from the software, especially now, in the wake of multiple class-action lawsuits. But as Rob…
Gallery: how the surveillance industry markets spyware to governments
A collection of documents recently published by Wikileaks casts a light on surveillance vendors who sell intrusive monitoring technology to governments and law enforcement agencies. This growing industry—which serves countries around the world—offers the ability to monitor entire populations and circumvent the privacy and security safeguards built into conventional consumer…
Carrier IQ Hit With Lawsuits Following Spyware Accusations
Two lawsuits have been filed against mobile software company Carrier IQ in the wake of accusations that it could be misusing controversial tracking programs present in millions of Android, Nokia, and BlackBerry smartphones worldwide. According to Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld, one of the two lawsuits was filed Thursday in the…
Smartphone Spyware Possibly Invades Users’ Privacy
Application Monitors Keystrokes, Physical Location INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers who use Smartphones are concerned about their privacy after a software company revealed many of the devices are loaded with a spyware application. California company Carrier IQ developed the app for millions of Smartphones and said the spyware is for quality control,…
Carrier IQ, mobile providers grilled over spyware charges
by Ian Paul, PCWorld Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com. ATT, Sprint confirm use of Carrier IQ tracking software on mobile phones Apple ended Carrier IQ support with iOS 5 iPhone 4S review: It’s a sure thing US P-to-P…
Carrier IQ, Mobile Services Grilled over Spyware Charges
Carrier IQ, the mobile diagnostic company recently accused of installing rootkits on more than 140 million devices worldwide, says it’s using its software for good, not evil. But some critics suggest CIQ’s software may violate federal wiretap laws, a charge CIQ vehemently denies. Meanwhile, the mobile industry including device makers…
Obama Tries to Unmask China’s Spyware
December 01, 2011, 7:35 PM EST By Michael Riley (Updates with month of survey in second paragraph.) Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is invoking Cold War-era national-security powers to force telecommunication companies including ATT Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. to divulge confidential information about their networks in a hunt…