Latest Τhreats - First MMS spread virus found in the wild
 
The world's first MMS-spread mobile phone virus called Commwarrior, which also attempts to replicate through Bluetooth wireless technology, has been detected in the wild.
 
The threat of mobile phone viruses increased with the revelation of a mobile phone virus called Commwarrior, which has the potential to spread globally through MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). In addition, the virus can replicate locally through Bluetooth wireless technology - the means by which mobile viruses like Cabir and its variants have thus far been spreading.  In this manner, it speeds up the draining of the phone's battery.
 
The first indication of Commwarrior was made already in January in a Serbian discussion forum warning of a virus spreading among Symbian Series 60 platform phones by randomly sending MMS messages automatically to an infected phone's contacts list. MMS text messages can include an image, audio or video elements. Commwarrior sends MMS messages from one phone to another or to the phone owner's email contacts.
 
By so doing, the virus has the potential to spread globally. So far, however, it has failed to do so and is replicating slowly - an anomaly being carefully investigated by the F-Secure Anti Virus Research Team. First indications suggest that the virus is Russian in origin, as it contains text that says "OTMOP03KAM HET!" which roughly translates as "No to braindeads".
 
Speaking about the new mobile threat, F-Secure's Director for Mobile Operator Solutions, Antti Vihavainen said: "The situation is not critical since we have not received a lot of reports from our customers. However, CommWarrior creates unwanted billing for the owners of infected phones by sending MMS messages without user interaction," adding: "The phones can be easily protected by using common sense. None of today's mobile viruses can install themselves without the user accepting the standard security warnings."
 
F-Secure Mobile AntiVirus can already detect Commwarrior - an update which was made within two hours of its detection. In the event that a user's Symbian Series 60 phone is not running the F-Secure client, it is advisable not to install unknown applications arriving in MMS messages and keep Bluetooth in undiscoverable mode. You can find more information at F-Secure’s web site http://www.f-secure.com
 
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