Mobile devices are becoming more standardized and packed with more sophisticated features. They also are increasingly at risk of attacks and exploits with various viruses, spams, Trojans and Worms. These viruses can steal/ corrupt your valuable contacts and data. Some mobile viruses are potential enough the hack your SIM card to send SMS and calls. Some viruses sending SMSs automatically to premium “Ringtones / Wall paper” sites, which can empty your wallet. If you have GPRS/EDGE/3G enable mobile phones then the threat level multiplies. The most interesting thing about the mobile viruse are it’s akin to a human virus, which requires proximity to spread (through “bluetooth”).
The mobile phone operating system market is not developed as in the case of PC. The major mobile operating systems are Symbian (40 and 60), Android, Windows mobile, RIM Blackberry, Iphone OS, Meamo, Bada (Samsung), PalmWebOS etc. Out of these Symbian series is the most popular Mobile OS because, main handset manufacturers like Nokia , Samsung, LG etc are using various versions of this OS in their handsets.
Examples of some Symbian 60 Viruses
Cabir: When a phone is infected, the message ‘Caribe’ is displayed on the phone’s display and is displayed every time the phone is turned on. The worm then attempts to spread to other phones in the area using wireless Bluetooth signals.
Commwarrior: First worm to use MMS messages in order to spread to other devices. Can spread through Bluetooth as well. The executable worm file once launched hunts for accessible Bluetooth devices and sends the infected files under a random name to various devices.
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