Virus targets &#39;smart&#39; cell phones
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Cell phone users beware: A barrage of new electronic viruses is headed your way, security experts warn. The pathogens are variations of the &quot;Cabir&quot; worm discovered last summer infecting some
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Security firms are warning about several mobile phone viruses that can spread much faster than similar bugs. The new strains of the Cabir mobile phone virus use short-range radio technology to leap to any vulnerable phone as soon as it is in range.
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DECEMBER 28, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Two new versions of a computer virus that affects mobile phones were discovered yesterday, with new features that allow them to spread more quickly among vulnerable devices, an antivirus company reported.
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A virus has struck Nokia smartphone users. Once downloaded, the virus, called Skulls, replaces all phone desktop icons with images of a skull.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Mobile phones running Symbian Ltd.&#39;s Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program.
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DISCOVERING two new variants of the phone virus âCabir,â Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure has issued a warning against mounting virus attacks on mobile phones.
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A flashier offshoot of the Trojan horse that affects Symbian-based cell phones has been discovered.
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The anti-virus software makers are going to have a very busy year ahead, it appears. The number of attacks on smartphones is increasing at an alarming pace.
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Malicious programs that can delete address books. Junk messages that flood a cell phone's inbox. Stealthy code that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to sneak onto handsets. Scared yet? Security experts say plagues like these will target mobile phones, but others contend cell phone viruses are the tech equivalent of smallpox: To the best of anyone's knowledge, they exist only in labs.
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Software security companies and  handset makers, including Finland's Nokia, are gearing up to  launch products intended to secure cell phones from variants of  the Internet viruses that have become a scourge for personal  computer users.
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Amid reports of Trojans and worms squirming through mobile devices, Trend Micro Inc. says it will roll out anti-virus and anti-spam protection for users of data-centric smart phones.
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Users with Symbian-based mobile phones have been hit by malicious code that disables smartphone features. Skulls, a Trojan horse program that poses as gaming software, is one of the first examples of malicious code to successfully infect mobiles.
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Software security companies and  handset makers, including Finland's Nokia NOK1V.HE, are  gearing up to launch products intended to secure cell phones  from variants of the Internet viruses that have become a  scourge for personal computer users.
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They&#39;re coming to mobile phones - those nasty viruses, worms and Trojan horses that have, on more than one occasion, crippled PCs.
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Symbian Ltd., the London-based maker of the Symbian operating system used on high-end smart phones from a variety of manufacturers, says reports of malware may be premature.
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A malicious trojan for phones based on Nokia&#39;s Series 60 smartphone platform disguised as shareware was revealed late last week.
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Negli ultimi due mesi i possessori di cellulari con sistema operativo Symbian hanno dovuto fare i conti con ben otto varianti di Virus. Dal Trojan Skulls, apparso per la prima volta lo scorso 19 novembre, si