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Now cellphones aren’t safe anymore. Bwahahaha
From Slashdot:
The BBC is reporting the first mobile phone virus that causes damage is out and about. The virus only works with the Symbian Series 60’s OS (no, not the Smartphone) and spreads through an adapted copy of the legitimate Mosquitos game. Once installed, a hidden program sends SMS texts to premium rate numbers. That’s not so bad, no doubt the premium rate numbers will be switched off soon but the worst is yet to come - “typically we see them in the wild then copycat ones come along soon after,” said Sal Viveros, director of wireless security at McAfee.”
Even networked photocopiers aren’t safe!
Networked multifunction devices share PC vulnerabilities to worms, hackers.
Not long ago the biggest security issue in the photocopier industry was how to keep randy employees from scanning body parts. But times have changed: A new generation of jazzed-up office copiers can scan documents, send faxes or e-mail, and store reams of document images. The new networked machines are akin to modern desktop computers and servers, which makes them more vulnerable to predatory hackers.
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