Even the Android developer documentation mentions the threat of saving files on
external storage. "Internal storage is best when you want to be sure that neither the user nor other apps can access your files." On the contrary, "
external storage is the best place for files that don't require access restrictions and for files that you want to share with other apps or allow the user to access with a computer."
Microsoft exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software makes it possible for Android users to exchange data between
external storage media larger than 32GB and the latest consumer electronics devices.
He also noted that this was just the beginning, as
external storage devices that stand at 4TB are now the new norm.
"Successful exploitation can yield remote code execution with the privileges of the Silent Text application, which runs as a regular Android app, but with some additional system privileges required to perform its SMS-like functionality such as access to contacts, access to location information, the ability to write to
external storage, and of course net access," Dowd explained to The Register.
"The walls and floor space of our office were filled with files upon files, and we were losing money through the cost of the
external storage facility fee, plus the man hours and transportation costs, physically going to and retrieving folders from outside of the office."
Also, new for the Backup Plus family of
external storage this year is the addition of a mobile backup application on nearly every device with the installation of the free Seagate Mobile Backup application on an iOS or Android mobile device.
DUBAI: The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market, comprising servers and
external storage, continues to stagnate, with year-on-year growth of just 2.8 per cent recorded for second quarter of this year, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC).
LSI Corporation has unveiled the LSI SAS 9300 host bus adapter (HBA) family, the industry's first 12Gb/s solution for high-performance servers, workstations and
external storage systems.
According to the latest figures from IDC , the MEA region's
external storage market suffered a year-on-year decline in the last quarter of 2012.