Security Exploit found for All mobile platforms through......Audio Jack of all places - General Topics

Ran across this today.
http://thehackernews.com/2012/11/hardware-based-malware-steals-contacts.html
Indian Security Research Atul Alex presented his surprise paper at the International Malware Conference, MalCon on what can be termed as the onset of next generation of hardware based malware that can target mobile devices irrespective of Platforms.........

Can't open the link, it keeps closing before it fully opens. Tried dolphin and stock JB browser
Edit: NM. It finally worked

it seems they found...
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a jack of all trades
Yeaah...

Quite an interesting little article as I work for a company that does a lot of security research. Maybe you guys have heard of SpiderLabs? They were just on NBC or ABC with a little bit about hacking info from hotel door locks and such. Last holiday season they did a little bit about using Karma attacks on public wifi.

Does Antivirus make your phone slow?

Antivirus slows everything down.
Sent from my Kindle Fire running CM10

OptimusLove said:
Does Antivirus make your phone slow?
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85gallon said:
Antivirus slows everything down.
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But not as much as actually having a virus (or many virii) will do of course

wow... pretty interesting stuff. good read

WOW. That is nuts. Simple little homeade connector at that

Interesting, but someone needs to have physical access to the phone.

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Chase banking app finally available for android with check deposit!

Been checking for this daily since a rep told me it was coming out sometime in November. Easily check your account, make payments, transfers or deposit checks!
sorry to cross link but a nice write up by Artem Russakovskii at androidpolice if you dont know what this is
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/11/19/official-chase-mobile-android-app-with-online-check-deposits-hits-the-market-hands-on/
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Thanks for the post! I've also been waiting a long time for this.
works great.
Like the note said, it needs to be placed on a dark surface, that was my problem apparently. First try on my dark bed sheet and it worked vs my light-ish brown counter-top.
Yeah took a few tries for the check deposit to work. I had to get the check on a black background too, and make sure the edges are visible in the picture. I was positioning so the check edges were right on the border and it wouldn't work until I moved back a bit.
sweet! installing now
App was a breeze to get it up and running on my TMO-US HD2 Android baby
This is awesome, thank you for posting it.
I have been waiting for this app ever since it came out on the iPhone. Of course now I have no checks to test out the app with!
Thanks for the heads up! I had there original app on my G1 and then they discontinued it so I've had to suffice with SMS account activity and a bookmark.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.

[APP] Neuralyzer (MIB - Men In Black)

This is a funny application for all galaxy defenders. You might already know something great like this from "Men In Black - MIB (Flashy Thing)" or other movies. It can be used like a weapon: to erase brain memory. The camera flashlight gets used to remove memories from the audience. Just aim in the augmented reality view at your target and flash them out. Please be careful when using, we won't take any responsibility for possible damage. To prevent memory loss, don't forget to wear black sunglasses!
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Neuralyzer-MIB-Men-In-Black/123441024420115?sk=wall
Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=at.mobilefactory.neuralyzer
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Can I just ask, what ever happened to this app?
From PALM PRE to GALAXY S2. From HOPE to RELIEF!
Who ever owns the rights to the name "Men In Black" probably had it pulled
Yeah good point, why didn't the dev just change its name? Might be worth getting in touch with pocket Lexus and asking what happened!
From PALM PRE to GALAXY S2. From HOPE to RELIEF!
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Can I just ask, what ever happened to this app?
From PALM PRE to GALAXY S2. From HOPE to RELIEF!
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well....wait... i can't remember I must have forgotten it...
Can I find this app anywhere?
It's not on the Android Marked
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Can I find this app anywhere?
It's not on the Android Marked
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It's back online:
https://market.android.com/details?id=at.mobilefactory.neuralyzer
funny lol

App [2.2+] Pet Ze' Keety Quite possibly the worst app ever made..

This app is the first one I have been able to actually make myself and make it do something. I did this through App Inventor.
It's a terrible app really, but I just figured maybe the community might think it as a funny one
I call it a TrollApp, but there's nothing NSFW or bad about it.
I am just really happy to actually have made my own app (mo-betta appz to come!)
Pet Ze' Keety!
Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndxpchh9duzndja
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Oh, and since this app is so simple, if anyone would like I would be more than happy to post the source code. The whole thing consists of 3 mp3 files, and 3 pictures. Two timers (clocks in app inventor) are used and.... That's about it. But I am definitely going to be doing more with this!
Good luck to you. And at least you can say, you have made an App!
Everyone starts by learning the Basics first.
Regards and well done.
Thank you for the kind words. TBH can't say I haven't tried before..
I have been wanting to program for Android for quite some time now. I cant even really count how many times I have successfully set up Eclipse and ADK and even ran through the demos quite a bit as well, but I have never actually been able to successfully go it on my own.
Some people would say I copped out with using app inventor (it is actually MUCH easier to work with) however as a negative side note, that's also why this simple app is 2.5mb instead of what it should be for what it is (about 900k). Could be the media involved though.
I have made roms, scripts, and everything else but finally I have made a program

[APP][2.2+] Awkward Turtle: Never be awkward again!

Hi everyone!
A few months ago I reached out online looking for a chance to get into Android design, and met a fellow online who had a simple app idea he was working on.
We began our work, and after a few weeks I'm finally able to post here for once instead of just browsing!
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MARKET DESCRIPTION:
Don't be an Awkward Turtle.
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation without any idea what to say next? Then Awkward Turtle is the thing for you! Awkward turtle is a free app that will supply you with one of over 150 random facts to get that conversation right back on its feet.
Awkward Turtle has a multitude of facts ranging from the interesting - "Facebook has increased it's revenue by 2400% in the past five years", the thought provoking - "A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed spring", and also the down right weird - "A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't".
MARKET LINK:
https://market.android.com/details?id=awkwardturtle.frostapplications
This is our first app, so please give it a try and perhaps a market rating on your honest impressions with our effort. We spent a lot of time trying to polish it, and plan on adding new features and content in the coming weeks.
We're also coming across some issues where certain phones should work but don't. It seems to be a market issue, so if you come across such a thing please let us know, or if you're also a developer who has come across something like this your advice would be appreciated. For some reason people find their phone incompatible, yet installing the .apk directly works.
Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you our app can entertain you even just for a few minutes.
Funny app
Great job.

Ad on XDA is attempting to download a JavaScript file to my computer...

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I don't know if this is a malicous file or not, I haven't allowed it to download. Mods should look into removing this advertiser for the safety of fellow users.
benchapman said:
I don't know if this is a malicous file or not, I haven't allowed it to download. Mods should look into removing this advertiser for the safety of fellow users.
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Well, your first step here is to immediately stop using IE as your browser. Nothing is safe or good about that thing and I have to imagine that if you run ANY other browser and this wouldn't happen. But in your defense, some of the ads on this site are a bit awful. It's quite frequent that a Kid Rock ad will start playing sound, which is completely unacceptable imo.
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Well, your first step here is to immediately stop using IE as your browser. Nothing is safe or good about that thing and I have to imagine that if you run ANY other browser and this wouldn't happen. But in your defense, some of the ads on this site are a bit awful. It's quite frequent that a Kid Rock ad will start playing sound, which is completely unacceptable imo.
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Agreed IE is poop, get chrome with adblock
Get FireFox with ad block
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Agreed IE is poop, get chrome with adblock
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Agree on that.
Sorry to close this, but it is really in the wrong place and the admins who can take care of problem ads most likely won't find it...
It would be really great if you could repost your issue in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696660
Thanks!

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