IBM Sees Hackers Targeting Phones, Handhelds, Cars

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.mobilepipeline.com/60400285

"Virus makers will push into the virgin territories of cell phones, handhelds, and embedded computers, perhaps even those used in cars, IBM's annual security report said this week. IBM's 2004 Global Business Security Index both summarizes the year past -- something virtually every major security vendor has done during December and January -- and puts the spotlight on the trends it sees for 2005."

Interesting article. Since the current email clients in 2003SE (and earlier versions) are essentially featureless mobile email probably won't be the main avenue of hacker attacks for now. Bluetooth however is another matter. Of course since the carriers seem bent on neutering Bluetooth anyway, maybe it wont be a huge attack vector either. :?

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.mobilepipeline.com/60400285

"Virus makers will push into the virgin territories of cell phones, handhelds, and embedded computers, perhaps even those used in cars, IBM's annual security report said this week. IBM's 2004 Global Business Security Index both summarizes the year past -- something virtually every major security vendor has done during December and January -- and puts the spotlight on the trends it sees for 2005."

Interesting article. Since the current email clients in 2003SE (and earlier versions) are essentially featureless mobile email probably won't be the main avenue of hacker attacks for now. Bluetooth however is another matter. Of course since the carriers seem bent on neutering Bluetooth anyway, maybe it wont be a huge attack vector either. :?