And if Sony doesn't have enough problems already.
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Be very careful if youre updating apps on your Sony Xperia smartphone this week. It looks like as if an app called Sony Backup & Restore was compromised by a group calling itself the HeArT HaCkEr Group.
Sonys Backup & Restore tool is a pretty straightforward app. It can back up device settings and data to a MicroSD card. Its pre-installed on a lot of Sony phones, including the new Xperia Z3. But the version on Google Play for several hours on Monday said it was managed by Nirak Patel Kanudo and its reviews were terrible. The app description also included several typos.
The issue was first spotted on the Xperia support forums early on Monday morning. Apparently, the hacker group (or Nirav Patel) published its app (with a different icon) on the Play Store and gave it the same internal signature name as the official Sony version. That means that phones with the app installed will display an option to grab the compromised software as an update. Sony users cant even uninstall the app because its a system app.
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