Reply #25: Potentially a serious security risk, mic can be turned on remotely

[Crabby Appleton]

"An insidious piece of software classified by most security vendors as a trojan has been updated to include the bugging of a mobile user's e-mail, the tracking of a user's location and the ability to activate the phone's microphone.

While its classification as a trojan is the subject of some debate, updates to the FlexiSPY application are likely to cause serious concern to mobile users.

The software, once physically loaded onto any Symbian, Windows Mobile or BlackBerry-based device, enables a remote user to monitor and control nearly all aspects of a mobile device."

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