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Oct 04 AT 8:24 AM Nick Gray 10 Comments

HTC acknowledges security vulnerability, patch already in development

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As promised, HTC has looked into the security vulnerability created by the HTCLogger app on newer devices and has released an official statement. HTC confirms there is an issue present that can be exploited by malicious third-party applications. A security update for affected devices is already being worked on. Once the patch is complete, HTC will push it out via OTA update after a short testing period with various service providers.

There is currently no evidence that any of the information stored by the HTCLogger app has been accessed by third-party applications, but HTC does “strongly urge” its customers to use caution when downloading and installing new applications from untrusted sources.

We don’t know how long HTC’s patch will take to develop, but we will keep you updated with any new information that we come across. How do you feel about HTC’s response and reaction time to this vulnerability? If you had to give them a score between 1 and 10, what would it be?

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HTC takes claims related to the security of our products very seriously. In our ongoing investigation into this recent claim, we have concluded that while this HTC software itself does no harm to customers’ data, there is a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious third-party application. A third party malware app exploiting this or any other vulnerability would potentially be acting in violation of civil and criminal laws. So far, we have not learned of any customers being affected in this way and would like to prevent it by making sure all customers are aware of this potential vulnerability.

HTC is working very diligently to quickly release a security update that will resolve the issue on affected devices. Following a short testing period by our carrier partners, the patch will be sent over-the-air to customers, who will be notified to download and install it. We urge all users to install the update promptly. During this time, as always, we strongly urge customers to use caution when downloading, using, installing and updating applications from untrusted sources.

Nick is a tech enthusiast who has a soft spot for HTC and its devices. He started HTCsource.com (the first HTC blog) back in 2007 and later joined the Android and Me family in the summer of 2010.