Cudni
La Merma - Vigilado
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join:2003-12-20
Someshire
| [News]Mobile botnet threat downplayed
from
»www.securityfocus.com/news/10883
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Could botnets - the scourge of consumer security - be on the verge of going mobile? The prospect seems some way off but even so mobile operators and security watchers are more than a little spooked.
Job de Haas, a researcher at security firm ITSX, told delegates at the recent Black Hat conference in Amsterdam that client side browser exploits on mobile phones pose a serious risk. In theory, a successful compromise could be used to turn smartphones into proxies under the control of hackers, controlled over VoIP connections. Risks include toll fraud, the installation of auto diallers, and sending high cost SMS/MMS messages. "Currently Symbian is not prepared for serious attacks," de Haas, whose previous research revealed how malformed SMS messages could be used to crash mobiles, added. ..."
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thedip
join:2001-02-09
Beaver Falls, PA
| An interesting question along with 'could phones be the next botnet target?' is 'who does a victim go to for a cleaning, and how does it get clean?'
I know there is an antivirus app out there for phones(forget who makes it), but as we have seen in the computing world just having an antivirus solution is not enough anymore. Virii may be in their infancy on mobiles, but at the rate technology is going, it won't be long before it catches up to the computers, if left unchecked. |
