Anti-virus company F-Secure is warning mobile phone users about a new malicious software program that infects phones that use the Symbian Series 60 operating system, preventing the phones from starting.
With a little bit of technical acumen and a few hundred dollars, enterprising thieves can walk away with some late model cars and gas them up for free to boot, according to research published by computer security experts at The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore and RSA Security Inc.'s RSA Laboratories in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Several months after its first sighting in the Philippines, the Cabir worm that infects mobile phones running Symbian OS with the Series 60 user interface has surfaced in the U.S.
McAfee is teaming with InnoPath Software to develop technology that will allow mobile device users to update their anti-virus software over the air and better guard against a new generation of mobile threats, the companies said Monday.
U.S. Secret Service data compromised in T-Mobile hack
A malicious hacker penetrated the network of mobile phone company T-Mobile USA and accessed information on 400 of the company's customers, including sensitive information from the account of a U.S. Secret Service agent, according to statements by T-Mobile and the Secret Service.
Long an indispensable gadget for businesspeople, the BlackBerry wireless handheld device from Research In Motion has been drafted into the United States' war on terrorism.