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News (14)

• Nokia to inoculate phones with antivirus

  Nokia has entered a pact with Symantec to help secure its mobile phones from viruses that target certain kinds of handsets.

• First mobile phone virus nears 2nd birthday

  The first real mobile phone virus, which was found in the wild and could replicate on its own, was discovered almost two years ago.

• Mobile phone trojan 'bugs' user conversations

  An insidious piece of software classified by most security vendors as a trojan has been updated to include not just the tapping of voice calls and SMS, but also the bugging of a mobile user's e-mail and tracking of a user's location.

• Mobile Trojan distributes pirate anti-virus software

  A Trojan horse discovered on Tuesday includes a fully working -- but pirate -- copy of an anti-virus application called ExoVirusStop by exoSyphen Studios.

• New pests target Symbian-based gadgets

  Several Trojan horses that target mobile phones have been discovered since the start of the year, but the threat level remains low.

Features and Case Studies (2)

• 2007: How was it for security?

  Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

• Expert: Mobile phone virus threat is overblown

  Instances of infected smart phones are almost nonexistent, according to a mobile phone support exec.

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