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Phone virus lurking
Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:11 ESTPC users have battled file-stealing, computer-crashing worms and viruses for years, but now the cyberwar may be shifting to a new front - to "smart phones," which combine a cell phone with PC-like powers. Last week, a group of Eastern European virus writers unveiled a sample of a virus that can spread from one mobile phone to another over a short-range wireless connection. The worm, named Cabir, is harmless, but it could pave the way for a new generation of bugs that may prove as troublesome as familiar PC worms like Love Bug and Sasser, security experts said.
"The day is coming," said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering for Symantec Corp., a Cupertino, Calif., maker of antivirus software and other security products.
"We are going to start seeing this type of activity," he said. "It won't be epidemic in the short term, but it certainly won't be hard for hackers to create worms that delete information stored on your phone and pose a range of threats."
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