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Rupert Goodwins: Mobile phone viruses are coming

For any hacker intending to write the first mobile phone virus, there are many obstacles to overcome. The modern GSM cellphone... Read more

8 June, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

Mobile phone virus claims are "bonkers", says Sophos

...a competitor's claims that it found the world's first "serious" mobile phone virus. Earlier this month, F-Secure was questioned over hyping mobile... Read more

22 September, 2005 by Dan Ilett
Information Survival Threshold in Sensor and P2P Networks

Information Survival Threshold in Sensor and P2P Networks

...emergency condition in a sensor network, a national traditional song, or a mobile phone virus. How often should nodes transmit the datum to each other... Read more

22 May, 2007

Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose

Message exploits paranoia and misinformation surrounding mobile phone viruses Read more

23 June, 2000 by Will Knight

Mobile phone virus: ACE is a hoax

Old 'joke' virus warning rears its ugly head... A mobile phone virus hoax which first did the rounds a couple of months... Read more

14 August, 2002 by Graham Hayday
Quantifying the Effectiveness of <endeca_term>Mobile Phone Virus</endeca_term> Response Mechanisms

Quantifying the Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Virus Response Mechanisms

Viruses that infect smartphones are emerging as a new front in the fight against computer viruses. This paper model the... Read more

12 January, 2008

Smartphone-breaking Symbian Trojan found

...more chance of being hit by a grand piano than by a mobile phone virus Read more

4 July, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Car virus rumours crushed

...failing to infect the onboard computer of a Toyota Prius with the mobile phone virus Cabir. This test comes after Russian antivirus company Kaspersky revealed... Read more

9 May, 2005 by Dan Ilet

AV firms slam 'irresponsible' virus writer

...by mobilemonday.net, Velasco admitted creating Lasco to demonstrate how a real mobile phone virus could work -- but denies he wants it to spread. "I... Read more

25 January, 2005 by Munir Kotadia

Company struck down by CommWarrior

...is the first to fall victim to a mass outbreak of the mobile phone virus, according to F-Secure Read more

31 August, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Skulls Trojan wears antivirus mask

The latest version of the Skulls mobile phone virus disguises itself as an unlicensed copy of F-Secure Mobile... Read more

13 June, 2005 by Joris Evers

Photos: Inside the antivirus control centre

silicon.com gets to the bottom of mobile phone virus claims, inside F-Secure's Helsinki HQ Access all areas... Read more

12 September, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Government split over mobile threat

...Powell said that while the CPNI had "yet to see a successful mobile-phone virus," it expected one would come due to "the flat memory... Read more

25 April, 2008 by Tom Espiner

F-Secure: Low threat from mobile malware

...That is believed to be the first case of a self-replicating mobile-phone virus Read more

27 September, 2007 by Gemma Simpson

Sony Ericsson phones vulnerable to Bluetooth attack

...target certain kinds of handsets. Experts don't expect a fast-spreading mobile phone virus to strike for two more years Read more

10 February, 2006 by Greg Sandoval

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It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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Jason Burchell

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