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Mobile phones face hacking threat, experts say
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:00:01 +0300 (EEST)
"Accessing your bank account using your mobile phone might seem safe, but security experts say would-be hackers can access confidential information via a simple text message seemingly from your service provider. People in the industry aware of the risk see it as extremely small, as only a few people use handsets to access their bank accounts, but it is growing as mobile Internet usage rises. In April, the flaw -- which enables criminals to access a cellphone data connection, steal data or install or remove programmes -- gained wider attention at the BlackHat Europe security conference. "The hacker does not have to be especially skilled to do this," said Jukka Tuomi, chief technology officer at Finnish software firm ErAce Security Solutions. ErAce said that in some phones using Microsoft's Windows software, users cannot block the attack, while Symbian phone users can block malicious messages." --clip-- More at http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8535233 Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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