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Article: Cell Phones Increasingly Attractive To Hackers
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 26, 2004
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Early this month, several Web sites began offering software
promising ringtones and screensavers for certain cell phones. But
those who downloaded the software found that it turned every icon on
their cell phones' screens into a skull-and-crossbones and disabled
their phones, so they could no longer send or receive text messages
or access contact lists or calendars.
Security experts named the malicious software "Skulls" and
consider it an early warning of the damage hackers could do as they
turn their malevolent talents to cell phones from computers.
"Hackers are simply trying to put it out there that it can be
done," said Vincent Weafer, senior director of security response for
Symantec ...