Hey guys welcome back to I Stayed For Wake Forest. Let's dive back into some security news.
Mozilla's Firefox mobile OS has been hacked by a 17 year old named Shantanu Gawde. Gawde, is the first person to infect Mozilla's OS with malware. The interesting part, aside from him being 17, is he will not share his secrets until the Ground Zero Summit in India in early November.
Adam Greenberg of SCmagazine.com said "At the four-day information security event in New Delhi, Gawde will show how his malware will allow him to give commands to remotely access the phone's SD card, remotely transfer all contacts, track users' geographic location, control radio functions, and upload and download pictures, music and videos."
Mozilla has said that they are aware of Gawde's plans to present at the conference. Mozilla reached out to Gawde in attempt to hear his findings before the conference, but because of rules of the conference he was not able to reveal anything. Mozilla believes that they have already figured out how Gawde attacked their OS. Andreas Gal, Mozilla vice president of mobile, said that such attacks rely on developer mode functionality, which is normally disabled on smart phones. Also Gawde said they believe in order for the attack to work that the phone must be physically connected to a computer controlled by the attacker, and unlocked by the attacker.
I find it interesting that Gawde still planned to present at the Ground Zero Summit instead of turning in his secrets to Mozilla for what I'm sure would be a nice payday and could possibly turn into a job. I guess that Gawde believes that he is going to get an even bigger payday after his presentation. Maybe working out for the long run will pay off for him.
Here's the full story: http://www.scmagazine.com/mozilla-addresses-teenagers-purported-mobile-firefox-os-malware/article/318056/
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