RE: Symbian S60/Mobile Security: Malware and Spyware attacks in the wild?

["Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>]

Here's good place to start:

http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/viruses.htm

I think that pirated software is a most risky proposition-as with anything
where the user initiates installation.

Personally, I think there is a greater risk of having your phone stolen and
your data compromised than anything else.

This may be anecdotal, but I don't know anyone who has ever had a virus on a
symbian based (or any other) phone. Unlike people who use PC's.


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
> > On Behalf Of Sven Aluoor
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:27 AM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Symbian S60/Mobile Security: Malware and Spyware attacks in the
> > wild?
> >
> > Hi folks
> >
> > I have a few questions regarding Symbian Security (and general mobile
> > security):
> >
> > - Why there are virus scanners for Symbian? Are they
> > useful? What countermeasures they implement? Or they make only the
> > vendors rich?
> >
> > - What are common attacks on Symbian based devices?
> >
> > - How to harden a Symbian mobile phone?
> >
> > - Are there malware and spyware in the wild?
> >
> > - When I would download pirated software for Symbian, what is the risk?
> >
> > kind regards
> > Sven