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New Generation of <endeca_term>Mobile Phone Viruses</endeca_term> and Corresponding Countermeasures

New Generation of Mobile Phone Viruses and Corresponding Countermeasures

The fast growing market for smart phones coupled with their almost continuous online presence makes these devices the... Read more

14 December, 2010

Smartphone security: Is mobile malware threat looming this year?

...Cluley and Hypponen think it is relatively insignificant. Only a few hundred mobile phone viruses have been identified since the first smartphone worm emerged in... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Kaspersky: The Internet must be locked down

Q&A: Antivirus expert Eugene Kaspersky believes that the only way to counter the growing threat of viruses is for every Internet user to be issued a compulsory personal ID Read more

5 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

News Roundup: Dialling up mobile phone viruses

...analysis. News Timofonica virus 'blown out of proportion' -- Thu, 08th Jun 2000 Mobile phone viruses could be a real threat, say the UK's mobile... Read more

8 June, 2000 by ZDNet UK

Rupert Goodwins: Mobile phone viruses are coming

There's no question of whether a mobile phone virus will appear - the question is when Read more

8 June, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

Mobile phone viruses "massively over-hyped

...firm F-Secure has been accused of "over-hyping" the threat of mobile phone viruses in order to drive the sales of a new product... Read more

2 September, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Mobile phone viruses: 'Don't panic

...giant Symantec suggests users are wising up to a growing threat of mobile phone viruses. But one company which handles support for major mobile operators... Read more

5 May, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Symbian worm in the wild

...many out there, but there's a new Symbian worm in town. Mobile phone viruses are few and far between. According to antivirus company F... Read more

25 January, 2008

Identity management is top security priority

...were the most significant threat identified, while 45 percent of respondents deemed mobile phone viruses the least significant threat to their organisations. "The rapidly evolving... Read more

17 October, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose

...and mobile networks to behave like a computer virus. "There are no mobile phone viruses," explains senior technology consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus, Graham Cluley... Read more

23 June, 2000 by Will Knight

Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure

On hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus... Read more

1 June, 2007 by Will Sturgeon
Intelligent Virus Detection on Mobile Devices

Intelligent Virus Detection on Mobile Devices

In this paper, we describe a new solution for detecting mobile phone viruses. The solution is based on Bayesian decision theory using heuristic... Read more

4 April, 2006

Security 'hit-list' for 2007 revealed

...night in 2007, with laptop security, VoIP and the contentious issue of mobile phone viruses all featuring on one organisation's 'hit-list'. The Sans... Read more

3 October, 2006 by Will Sturgeon

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...the words BUY BUY BUY in various positions on the screen. Like mobile phone viruses and the abject susceptibility of Apple's OS X software... Read more

15 September, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Virus reignites mobile malware squabble

...opened a debate about whether F-Secure is overplaying the threat of mobile phone viruses to sell its mobile antivirus product. Symbian, the company which... Read more

8 August, 2006 by Tom Espiner

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