ESET USSD Control v1.1 Apk

Monday, October 8, 2012

ESET USSD Control v1.1 Apk
Whats new : Adjusted detection of USSD codes
Requirements: 2.0.1 and up
Overview: ESET USSD Control protects your devices from USSD code attacks executed via malicious SMS, QR code, or URL link. Protect yourself from data loss through remote wipe or other harmful actions of USSD hacks.

The Android USSD Vulnerability
USSD is a code used by phone manufacturers and carriers for simple customer support. The letters stand for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD). The code starts with an asterisk (*) and continues with hashtags or digits representing commands/data, then ends with a hashtag (#). By entering these codes on your phone you can, for example, see your device’s IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity). The USSD code for this is *#06#. Other codes reveal different information or carry out actions, like a device reset.

The potential exists for a web page to instruct your phone to load a “tel:” URI (uniform resource identifier) with a special factory reset code inside an iframe. As Lucian Constantin at ComputerWorld reported, this attack was described by Ravishankar Borgaonkar, a research assistant in the Telecommunications Security department at the Technical University of Berlin, who demonstrated the remote data wiping attack during the Ekoparty security conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

These malicious iframes could be placed on hacked websites or specially designed sites. As you probably know, there are numerous ways to trick your smartphone into going to a website, like QR codes or NFC chips (as my colleague Stephen Cobb illustrated in a short video). With ESET USSD Control on your Android you won’t need to worry that such tricks will be used to wipe your phone via USSD codes. For more about this problem, and ESET’s solution

In order to protect your device from remote wipe and other USSD attacks, make sure that ESET USSD Control is set as the default dialer:
1. Install ESET USSD Control on your device.
2. Use your Android phone to visit our test page: http://www.eset.com/tools/ussdtest (note that this only contains a checker and will not make changes to your phone).
3. When prompted to complete action, check "Always perform this action" and select ESET USSD Control.
For step by step installation please follow our Knowledge Base http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN3139
Please note that once installed, the app runs invisible in the background, with no icon on the home screen. ESET USSD Control only interacts with the user when an attempt to run a harmful USSD code is detected. To make sure the app is installed correctly, go to Android Settings > Applications and look for ESET USSD Control.

Protection against USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) attacks is an essential security layer for Android devices, since these attacks can be easily initiated by all means that lead to visiting a website containing malicious USSD command such as SMS, QR code, or simply by tapping a fraudulent link in the browser.

The purpose of USSD codes is that telecom operators can provide distance support for phone devices. An example of such code is one that displays IMEI number (*#06#), but there are also USSD commands that can wipe all data and restore a phone to factory settings.

By checking for malicious codes before they are executed, ESET USSD Control makes sure that all data on your Android phone stay safe. The app displays a warning window each time a malicious USSD code is found, blocking the execution of the potentially harmful command.

What's in this version:
Adjusted detection of USSD codes
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