Articles tagged with: F Secure and Smartphones

First SMS Worm Detected to Infect Smartphones

..F-Secure IT security threat summary go to www.f-secure.com/2009/ more

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Symbian Phones Hit by SMS Vulnerability

A new exploit for a wide range of Symbian OS-based smartphones was made public last week. This exploit has been dubbed the "SMS Curse of Silence" by Tobias Engel, who discovered and disclosed the exploit at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress.  more

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Symbian Phones Hit by SMS Vulnerability

A new exploit for a wide range of Symbian OS-based smartphones was made public last week. This exploit has been dubbed the "SMS Curse of Silence" by Tobias Engel, who discovered and disclosed the exploit at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress.  more

Related Tags: sms, smartphone, text-messaging, symbian, memory

Mobile Users Do Not Take Security Precautions - Report

Computer security firm, f-secure has published the mobile security results from its Online Wellbeing survey. The report finds that over three quarters of mobile phone users are aware that malware can infect a mobile device via Bluetooth - but fail to have security software installed.  more

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