Self forwarding cell phone virus
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:06 am
NewScientist wrote:Commwarrior has no malicious payload but it spreads more insidiously than any phone virus to date because it appears to come from a friend and can spread over long distances, say researchers at the Finnish security firm F-Secure in Helsinki.
It packages itself in a file and sends itself via a type of enhanced text message service called MMS - or multimedia messaging service - which is commonly used to send photos and sound or video clips between smart phones. "This is the first time we have seen a spreading mechanism like this," says Matias Impivaara of F-Secure. "It is clearly more efficient."