The Beselo.A and Beselo.B worms are in the wild, looking to lure Symbian S60 users into clicking on their incoming malicious files, according to a warning issued on Tuesday by F-Secure.
Antivirus companies on Monday raced to decipher the workings of the first worm to target smart phones, while saying that the current incarnation of the program poses little threat.
Nokia has entered a pact with Symantec to help secure its mobile phones from viruses that target certain kinds of handsets.
The first real mobile phone virus, which was found in the wild and could replicate on its own, was discovered almost two years ago.
Several Trojan horses that target mobile phones have been discovered since the start of the year, but the threat level remains low.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?
Today's smart phones are less about ring tones and more about extending your corporate applications well and truly into the field. Say goodbye to the deskbound worker -- and hello to a potential data and security nightmare, warns David Braue.
Skype's CEO plans to make the software an accepted part of corporate communications -- both on the desktop and on smart phones.
It performs roles once undertaken by man, so why can't we offer our PC the same health protection available to us?
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