Hackers try to attack the android smartphone

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LAS VEGAS, KOMPAS.com - Although based on Linux, known recalcitrant in security affairs, the Android platform can still be cracked as well. Two digital security expert demonstrated the software to break into the Android-based smartphone for the first time in the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week.

"It was not that difficult to do," says Nicholas Percoco, head of the Spider Labs, who along with his colleagues released the tools at the annual conference of hackers, on Friday (30/07/2010). He said that a weakness in Android allow others to infiltrate to read SMS and email users.

Percoco said it took him about two weeks to create malicious software that can penetrate and steal valuable information from Android smartphone. "Some people are far more dangerous to do things that are more damaging than us," he added.

With software that is made, he can totally control the other person's Android device once the target to install it. "We can do what we want to do without being detected that we're doing that," said Percoco.

Tests done attacks on the smartphone HTC HTC Legend and Desire, but he believes that this attack can also be done on lainnya.Tool Android smartphone is released in a DVD given to conference participants. However, so far Google and HTC is not to comment on this.

About 10,000 hackers and security experts attending the Defcon conference. It was the biggest gathering where the computer geeks meet with federal security officials. This allows law enforcement agents posing as participants to obtain information to fight crime and to the Department of Defense.

Participants of this conference are charged 140 U.S. dollars in cash and are not required to notify their names. This allows law enforcement agents will place a secret agent among the participants to obtain information that will be used to fight computer crime.