Cell phone worms and VoIP fraud are among the top 10 security threats to watch next year, according to a panel of experts assembled by the SANS Institute. The panel’s findings were released Sunday at the SANS Network Security 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Cell phone worms will infect at least 100,000 phones in 2007, jumping from phone to phone over wireless data networks, the experts noted. Malware aimed at mobile phones has been seen in the past, but has not been considered a serious problem.
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Report: Cell Phone Worms, VoIP Fraud to Grow in ’07
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. October 3, 2006 08:45 AMCell phone worms and VoIP fraud are among the top 10 security threats to watch next year, according to a panel of experts assembled by the SANS Institute. The panel’s findings were released Sunday at the SANS Network Security 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Cell phone worms will infect at least 100,000 phones in 2007, jumping from phone to phone over wireless data networks, the experts noted. Malware aimed at mobile phones has been seen in the past, but has not been considered a serious problem.