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First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered
CHaN_316 writes "News.com.au is running an article about the First Mobile Phone Virus Discovered. The virus 'called Cabir - appears to have been developed by an international group specialising in creating viruses which try to show "that no technology is reliable and safe from their attacks"... until now it has had no harmful effect.' Cabir infects the Symbian operating system, and spreads via bluetooth. Great... lets see when we can download the world's first mobile phone anti-virus!"
Umm was this duped less than 12 hours ago?
Worm Developed for Nokia Series-60 Phones
Sunday you're Thinking Different, Monday you're a huge tool, paying too much and waiting to think like everyone else.
Ok, I would maybe accept the odd one or two dupes, but not if the same story has appeared only a few hours earlier.
Because embarrassments like this only give ammunition to the trolls.
that no technology is reliable and safe from their attacks
Inherent in society is a certain bit of stupidity, mixed with skill, it's a dangerous and irritating rash that itches on the skin of the sane.
Why does this need to be pointed out? Ohh, right, because asshats such as these guys or others will write viruses that will exploit this weakness just because they can. Ahh yes, personal entertainment at the expense of others, it's our God given right!
I'm really sick of this. Not only the tard that write the real viruses and whatnot, but that leads to the fact that there can be dipshits such as these guys to say "ohh look world, here's a vulnerability." Do they feel they're helping anyone any more than the writers of the actual malicious code?
Presently here, but not there.
Bluetooth being insecure isn't exactly news (or repeated news, for that matter). A lot of the first generation blue tooth phones had Bluetooth on by default. A friend of mine used to pull all sorts of malicious crap with a Nokia N-Gage. He would just sit in a busy mall hacking away at anyone who sits in the food court. If you have a blue tooth phone with no off setting get a replacement. ;)
Good reason to turn off your phone on the airplane :-).
Engineering is the art of compromise.
I'd post this in its own thread but it would likely get lost in the comments.
There is already antivirus software for cell phones: my McAfee (version 7, mind you, not even the more recent version 8) Antivirus scans my Motorola MPx200 when I connect it to my computer via the mini-USB port on it.
So it would just be a matter of adding the virus to the preexisting signatures.