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Viruses Find A New Host: Cell Phones
An anonymous reader writes "A NYTimes article (free reg) describes the dangers posed by viruses as 3G and text-messaging become more common, inluding an incident in '01 where numerous phones in Japan began calling 110 (equivalent to 911 in the U.S.). Wired mentions 13M vulnerable phones in Japan alone." (And that was a few years ago.)
The internet wasn't designed with security in mind , but these new 3G/4G phones can be.
Isn't this a chance to do things right , rather than repeat the design oversights of the past?
The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.
Japan should charge the phone company for each fake call to recover costs.
If companies are held financially liable it will force them to do a better job of programming and testing software.
If a virus can make a phone dial the emergency services, it can presumably also make the phone call the premium-rate phone number the virus writer set up in a foreign country. This could get nasty.
...is a phone to make calls!
WTF does this have to do with a virus problem?
Oh, I know it. That lame ass crap I never used on my stupid phone... like games and worse crap they build into phones these days... are the reason.
Maybe if there wouldn't be the *STUPID* need for a fucking OPERATING SYSTEM that can play games and CRAP in your phone you wouldn't have problems with viruses?
As long asd we like to bloat simple things with shit, such stuff keeps happen!