Tag: mobile
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Symbian worm sighted in the wild
Malware pretends to be media or image file. A new worm has been sighted in the wild that operates on the Symbian operating system, which is used on many mobile phones. The worm, which researchers at F-Secure have called SymbOS/Beselo, shares many similarities with the SymbOS/Commwarrior worm that was first seen nearly three years ago…
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Battle over Blackberry spyware threat
Spy tool for popular device claims to be legitimate. The expansion of the FlexiSpy mobile device snooping software, originally available only for the Symbian platform but with versions for both Windows Mobile and Blackberry released in May, has caused a war of words between the software maker and security vendor F-Secure . While the maker,…
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Spanish mobile malware suspect arrested
28-year-old charged with Cabir/Commwarrior crimes. An unnamed man has been arrested in Valencia, Spain, on suspicion of creating and spreading 20 variants of the Cabir and CommWarrior mobile phone viruses. In a groundbreaking case for the Spanish authorities, the man was arrested on Saturday after a seven-month investigation. It is thought his malware affected more…