Cabir cell phone threat worsens
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Reporting a new crop of variants, a security firm warned that the Cabir cell phone malware is becoming more of a threat. Earlier versions of Cabir, which spreads through phones running the Symbian operating
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Security firms are warning about a smartphone virus that can spread much faster than similar bugs.
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A new version of the Cabir &quot;Skulls&quot; malware program is on the lose. The first version, discovered only a few weeks ago, was a trojan horse program that blocked access to built-in applications and erased data.
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Traffic congestion may be worsened by motorists chatting on cellphones, a new study suggests.
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Enhanced versions of the Cabir cell-phone worm, potentially more destructive than the original, have surfaced, though no cell phones have yet been infected.
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The news seems to get worse by the day for the carriers.
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A new Trojan horse is on the loose, threatening Symbian-based smart phones.
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So far, mobile security threats have been rare and have been more annoying than dangerous.  That's changing rapidly, a security expert says.
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The conflagration that is Southern California is overwhelming wireless phone networks, and residents are turning to text messaging, blogs, and Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter to keep each other abreast of the latest developments.
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Mobile phones are target of virus traveling through illegal version of the game Mosquitos.
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First contact Security researchers have encountered what's reckoned to be the first spyware menace to target users of mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.â¦
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Mobile phones running Symbian's Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program. The new Trojan comes with the Cabir.B worm, which, unlike the first version of the virus, can spread to other phones within reach of Bluetooth broadcasting range.
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XIAMEN, China -- By the hundreds of thousands, the urgent text messages ricocheted around cellphones in Xiamen, warning of a catastrophe that would spoil the city's beautiful seaside environment and foul its sweet-smelling tropical breezes.
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A security operation is continuing in County Tyrone after a telephoned warning of a device in the area.
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(InfoWorld) - Spanish police have arrested a 28-year-old man on charges that he created variants of the CommWarrior and Cabir mobile phone viruses, according to published reports. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested in Valencia, AFP (Agence France Press) reported Saturday. He is accused of creating 20 new variants of the viruses. Spanish police had named their operation "Leslie," because the virus author had written a note in his source code dedicating his malware to his fiance, Leslie, AFP reported. CommWarrior and Cabir are variants of the same mobile phone virus, which affects phones based on the Symbian OS, such as the Series 60 devices built by Nokia. The software has infected an estimated 115,000 phones but is not currently thought to be a particularly critical threat, said Ron O'Brien, a senior security analyst with Sophos PLC. "As a rule we have not seen a large number of viruses that specifically target mobile devices," he said. O'Brien believes that the suspect is probably not the creator of Cabir. Three years ago a Brazilian man published the worm's source code to the Web, claiming that he was the author of the malware. Cabir and CommWarrior spread via Bluetooth, and malicious code must first be downloaded by the victim in order to infect the phone. "It could be as simple as opening an instant message or opening an e-mail," O'Brien said. Different variations of the virus can shut down the phone, wipe out an address book, or even send SMS messages to other phones, O'Brien said.
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Looks like the time has come when mobile users would have to seriously consider getting some protection for their devices. Mobile viruses are coming out pretty regularly now and trend seems to be pointing towards a frantic future.
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Antivirus company F-Secure is warning of two new versions of the Cabir mobile phone worm, which affects Symbian phones.