F-Secure previously documented a mobile phone virus that will infect the MMC card with a Windows PC virus that would infect if it was ever put in an MMC Card reader... and then quietly noting that while it appeared to be a proof of concept, it was the first serious malware. Now a Sophos senior tech consultant has a view on this announcement (reports Silicon.com), "...For the vendor to say that this is the first example of a serious mobile malware threat is plain bonkers."
The Threat of Mobile Malware is Bonkers
I think we've covered most of my thoughts on the AV companies here before, call me deeply cynical but I don't believe them.
SwitchBlade wrote:I think we've covered most of my thoughts on the AV companies here before, call me deeply cynical but I don't believe them.
One of my friends has a friend who says he knows someone who believes that it's the anti-virus companies themselves who are helping create these proof of concept viruses.
8-)
Steve
So you know other people who know me then Steve?