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Kaspersky: Mobile phone security rising in importance

...unconvinced of the threat: "Some years ago there was a proof-of-concept virus for the iPod, but what is it possible to steal from... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Steve Ranger

iPod proof of concept virus

Security software vendor Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. Kaspersky... Read more

10 April, 2007

First virus targets Windows CE

...BitDefender, based in Romania, stated that it has discovered a "proof of concept" virus for Microsoft's operating system for smart phones and other handhelds... Read more

19 July, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice

...according to Kaspersky's posting. So far, Stardust is a proof-of-concept virus, which means that it was created to demonstrate that an OpenOffice... Read more

1 June, 2006 by Joris Evers

Experts: Don't panic over RFID viruses - yet

...software systems. The academics also went on to create a proof-of-concept virus, which uses the track and trace tags to compromise middleware systems... Read more

16 March, 2006 by Jo Best

Skulls Trojan teams up with Cabir worm

...would like to be infected, was thought to be a proof-of-concept virus when it was released earlier this year. The virus spreads by... Read more

29 November, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Tech giants launch mobile security specifications

...for malicious hackers and virus writers. Back in July a proof of concept virus was discovered which infected the Windows CE operating system -- used in... Read more

28 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

'Proof of concept' emerges for 64-bit virus

...point out that the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus -- a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present... Read more

28 May, 2004 by Matt Hines

Know your enemy: Past threats

Old viruses shouldn't be thought of as dead and gone but merely lying dormant Read more

24 November, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

Gnutella worm: How to deal with it

...succeeds at something new, the virus community calls it a "proof-of-concept" virus or worm. Gnuman (alias W32/GnutellaMan, Mandragore, GnutellaMandragore) is a proof... Read more

28 February, 2001 by Robert Vamosi

Hybris virus: Sleeper hit of 2001

The 3-month-old computer worm that uses encrypted plug-ins to update itself is showing unusual staying power. Experts say it could be the year's worst worm Read more

12 January, 2001 by Robert Lemos

PHP virus sparks debate

...the danger is limited. Central Command last week found a "proof of concept" virus dubbed PHP.NewWorld, written in the Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripting language... Read more

8 January, 2001 by Will Knight

Virus could take its pic of users' files

...virus, known as W32/Perrun-A, is currently only a proof of concept virus. The virus spreads via an executable file which, once launched, spreads... Read more

14 June, 2002 by Pia Heikkila

.NET virus uncovered

...even though the technology has yet to be released. The proof-of-concept virus, called W32.Donut, was sent by Czech author Benny, from the... Read more

10 January, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

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