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By Date By Thread ES File Explorer android app snoops data to China Unicom network via insecure HTTP From: seclists () email tg

Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:07:26 +0000

Hi, With the ES File Explorer android app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop)) installed on my phone, when I monitored the network connections on my phone via the Network Connections app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antispycell.connmonitor (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antispycell.connmonitor)), I found that it frequently transferred data to an IP address (123.125.114.8) on the Chinese state owned China Unicom network (https://www.whois.com/whois/123.125.114.8 (https://www.whois.com/whois/123.125.114.8)) via insecure HTTP connection. This is a privacy risk, as anyone can monitor the data exchanged over this unencrypted link & also constant data exchange with this IP address raises spying concerns. Attached is a screenshot of the Network Connections app showing the insecure HTTP connection used by the ES File Explorer app. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/ By Date By Thread Current thread: ES File Explorer android app snoops data to China Unicom network via insecure HTTP seclists (May 04)