Wednesday, November 30, 2011

How to look for carrier IQ rootkit on your Android phone


CarrierIQ can be seen on your Android handset by installing an app from the Market called AnyCut. Create a new shortcut, select activity, and you will be presented with a list of applications, including the hidden ones on your device.  Look for  IQRD and IQAgent, which are both parts of the CarrierIQ system.

Carrier IQ is not limited to android phones. It can be found as well on blackberry devices (rumored, not confirmed on Iphone) and some other smartphones.

More information (technical link)

Please post in comments if your phone (carrier, region) has it....

ACS (Alaska) reports not found (so far)....

ATT (Alaska) reports not found (so far) (ATT confirms that they do deploy CIQ)

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