Communication security experts do not all agree that cell phone and mobile device viruses pose imminent threats to U.S. consumers. Whether virus attacks become a problem in six months or five years might depend on how cell phone carriers react now to the threat potential. A Gartner report by security analysts John Pescatore and John Girard released June 22 says that despite the warning signals being sent by antivirus companies, mobile phone users don’t really have anything to worry about for two years.
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Threat From Mobile Device Viruses a Sleeping Giant
Posted by: Jack M. Germain July 2, 2005 01:30 AMCommunication security experts do not all agree that cell phone and mobile device viruses pose imminent threats to U.S. consumers. Whether virus attacks become a problem in six months or five years might depend on how cell phone carriers react now to the threat potential. A Gartner report by security analysts John Pescatore and John Girard released June 22 says that despite the warning signals being sent by antivirus companies, mobile phone users don’t really have anything to worry about for two years.