Skulls Mutates, Now Spreads Over Bluetooth

[Mike Temporale]

http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,97935,00.html?source=x68

"Mobile phones running Symbian Ltd.'s Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program. The new Trojan comes with the Cabir.B worm, which, unlike the first version of the virus, can spread to other phones within reach of Bluetooth broadcasting range."

Things just took a big turn for the worse. Although this is still just a Symbian issue, mobile viruses have now moved into the world of self-propagation.

[Mike Temporale]

http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,97935,00.html?source=x68

"Mobile phones running Symbian Ltd.'s Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program. The new Trojan comes with the Cabir.B worm, which, unlike the first version of the virus, can spread to other phones within reach of Bluetooth broadcasting range."

Things just took a big turn for the worse. Although this is still just a Symbian issue, mobile viruses have now moved into the world of self-propagation.

[lonesniper]

What happens when they become cross platform viruses? Will old dumb phones make a come back? Or will we have to make sure that "Norton Phone Anti virus" is updating itself regularly?