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Ruh-roh. RIM has issued notice of a medium-level threat for the native BlackBerry browser that, if you’re not careful, could make you the victim of a phishing attack. The bug basically makes it so a special null character isn’t recognized by the certificate reader, enabling a clever coder to masquarade their site as a usually dependable one, like blackberry.com. You can check to see if your device is eligible for a bug fix by going to blackberry.com/updates from Internet Explorer, but in the meantime, if you’re nervous about the bug, just hit Close Connection when the above dialog box shows up. Or hey, just use Opera Mini Beta 5 because it’s totally awesome.
[via CIO]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
