Research in Motion has issued an announcement advising Blackberry users to disable their Javascript after a critical vulnerability loophole has been discovered, that could allow hackers access to Blackberry devices. The security hole could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code on Blackberry devices and even access confidential data stored on the phones.
The announcement has been released after Research in Motion smartphones were hacked during the yearly Pwn2Own competition. The hack effects devices running running BlackBerry 6 OS and allowed a contestant to steal a complete contact list and cache of pictures stored on the Blackberry device, even allowing them to write a file to the Blackberry’s storage system.
Research in Motion explains:
“Users of BlackBerry Device Software version 6.0 and later can disable the use of JavaScript in the BlackBerry Browser to prevent exploitation of the vulnerability,” “The issue is not in JavaScript but the use of JavaScript is necessary to exploit the vulnerability.”
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