Security software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so far the attacks have been proof-of-concept, or malware written just to prove it can be done.
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Trojan Horse Could Crash Mobile Phones
Posted by: Susan B. Shor April 7, 2005 02:01 PMSecurity software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so far the attacks have been proof-of-concept, or malware written just to prove it can be done.