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First documented cell phone virus //no code or 0-days// just info



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First Cell Phone Virus  Discovered
On: Tue June, 15 2004 @ 10:26 GMT
It had to happen sooner or later. Just to show  that it could be done, thus
demonstrating another vulnerability in part of our infrastructure, some clever programmers have create a virus that can infect cell phones and other mobile
devices. This virus is being tested in  labs but is not yet "in the wild."

original  news source:
_Cabir Virus First To Attack Cell  Phones_
(http://wireless.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Cabir-Virus-First-To-Attack-Cell-Phones&story_id=25403&ca
tegory=wlssecurity)
A new virus called "Cabir" is winning notoriety as  the first to attack
mobile operating systems. The creators of Cabir have not designed the worm to propagate on a massive scale, but rather to demonstrate that cell phones and PDAs
can be infected by malicious  code.

Please visit  the link provided for the complete story.


To be  attacked and infected, your mobile phone or PDA has to run the
_Symbian_ (http://www.symbian.com/)  operating system,  have the _BlueTooth_
(http://www.bluetooth.com/) wireless technology enabled, the user must launch the file that is transmitted, and ignore two messages warning that the source of the software is unknown. That may sound tough and unlikely, but since so many computer users in the world are obviously still clicking on email attachments
it is dangerous enough. Fortunately this virus was first given  to antivirus
labs and wireless experts instead of being released into the  public. The
makes affected include Nokia, Siemens, Sony, and Ericcson. The good news is that this version does not seem to actually do anything really harmful -except run
down the device's battery by constantly  scanning for other devices to
infect. The visible effects on phones are  these:

* Displays a message (see the "Technical Details" section),  then copies
itself to a directory on the phone. (This directory is not visible, by default.) * Runs from this directory when the phone is restarted, so that it continues
to work even if the files are deleted from  the APPS directory.

The removal process seems  rather "involved" for the casual user.

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