Samsung Android backdoor
2014-03-13 00:09:55.228254+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Replicant Developers Find Backdoor In Android Samsung Galaxy Devices. Replicant developers find and close Samsung Galaxy backdoor, where "close" means "if you run Replicant".
In particular, the proprietary software that is in charge of handling the communications with the modem, using the Samsung IPC protocol, implements a class of requests known as RFS commands, that allows the modem to perform remote I/O operations on the phone's storage. As the modem is running proprietary software, it is likely that it offers over-the-air remote control, that could then be used to issue the incriminated RFS messages and access the phone's file system.
One of the reasons that even though I run the WhisperSystems suite for messaging and voice calls, and generally trust the people there, I don't really trust my phone all that much.