Bluetooth virus bites mobile phones

[laarni080]

A NEW VIRUS that is designed to attack mobile phones has been discovered in the wild.
Cabir, which distributes itself through Bluetooth connections, attacks the Symbian operating system used by several maker of mobiles, including the big one Nokia.
The virus was discovered by the French division of the Russian security software developer Kaspersky Labs, who think it was designed by an international band of hackers. The goal of the hackers is to prove that no technology is safe from attacks.
If your phone is infected, the virus writes the inscription 'Caribe' on the screen. The virus is then activated every time that the phone is turned on. It scans for phones that are also using the Bluetooth technology and is able to send a copy of itself to the first handset that it finds.
So far there does not seem to be any other negative payload.

[arppt01]

I have another post here where I have mentioned that there is mobile viruses. They attack through Bluetooth mainly. So the protection is you have to use security codes to prevent automatic access by other phones.

[SeeMe]

So it's just to prove it's possible? All it does is put a name on the screen?

[laarni080]

This is is possible especially for those phone who have a bluetooth, hope the post will help.

[nik_909]

This comes no surprise to me since now a days cell phones store a lot of valueable information so its understood that hackers attack cell phones now. So it makes more sense now to keep the bluetooth devices on off mode untill you actually need to use it.

[arppt01]

Originally Posted by SeeMe

So it's just to prove it's possible? All it does is put a name on the screen?

Well it might be starting off with just showing it's name. This means the virus got the success in reaching the phones. This might just be a ploy, next in line might be the actual attack which can be more damaging.

[loko]

I guess the best way is not to accept data from someone you don't know. I also heard that there is already an anti-virus software available for phones.

[moonmagick]

That is just plain scary. My life is on my cell phone. Does anyone know where to get virus protection software for the cell phone?

[RoxyMoron]

Is there any kind of technology that is safe from viruses? I swear that one day I'm going to wake up and my tv is going to go berserk and I'll hear that there's a virus.

[fabian]

is there a way to prevent getting this virus???

[Huoliuhi]

Thanks! Bump!