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RSS cabirTrojan takes aim at Symbian smart phones
News The attack also installs a version of the Cabir virus, which spreads through the Bluetooth short-range wireless protocol, the firm said. If the user opens the fake MetalGear program, Cabir will run and try to use Bluetooth to reach other phones... [22 Dec 2004]
Skulls Trojan carries worm into handsets
News It also releases the Cabir.B worm, the company said. Cabir, which asks its victims if they would like to be infected, was thought to be a proof-of-concept virus when it was released earlier this year. [30 Nov 2004]
Virus writer punished - with £57 fine
News Suchkov, who went under the pseudonym 'whale', was part of the Russian virus writing gang 29A, whose other virus writing antics include creating the proof of concept code for the first mobile phone virus, Cabir. [19 Nov 2004]
Denial-of-service flaw found in BlackBerry phones
News The first 'real' virus, Cabir, was developed as a proof-of-concept for malware on mobiles but despite reports of the worm making it into the wild, the virus never managed large scale infection. A flaw that could cause denial-of-service attacks on... [15 Oct 2004]
Nokia mobile phones get encryption
News In June, a worm programme called Cabir emerged as a major security threat to smart phones that run the Symbian OS. Nokia plans to work with Swedish security company Pointsec Mobile Technologies to develop an encryption tool for high-end phones, the... [25 Aug 2004]
Virus warning: Is Windows CE under attack?
News A spokesman for BitDefender said: "The same as the creators of Cabir, the initiator has not designed it to propagate on a massive scale but rather to demonstrate that devices running Microsoft Windows CE can be infected by malicious code. [19 Jul 2004]
Better security for mobile phones
News The companies' announcement follows reports of Cabir, the first-ever cell phone virus, which surfaced approximately two weeks ago. Cabir poses little threat because the user of a targeted phone has to approve a download from an unknown source. [30 Jun 2004]
New worm aims to infect smart phones
News The worm program, dubbed Cabir by Russian antivirus company Kaspersky, apparently uses the Bluetooth short-range wireless feature of smart phones that run the Symbian operating system to detect other Symbian phones, and then transfers itself to... [15 Jun 2004]
