Commwarrior alert reignites battle over mobile malware danger.
An alert from
F-Secure
over a new version of the
Commwarrior
mobile worm has led to angry words from mobile operating system developer
Symbian
. While
F-Secure
admit the worm has not as yet caused major problems, and seems unlikely to spread widely,
Symbian
fear hype over malware could damage their business and future development plans.
The debate follows accusations in recent weeks from
CA
that
F-Secure
were hyping the mobile threat to create a market for their mobile AV products. In a recent press release, F-Secure claimed to have discovered 57 new mobile threats in July alone.
Read
F-Secure
‘s alert
, and some
analysis from
ZDNet
.
Posted on 09 August 2006 by
Virus Bulletin
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