It’s a known fact that we don’t believe anti-virus is necessary on Symbian-powered smartphones. We’re not shy about this, and frequently take the opportunity to add some reality to the often-exaggerated reports from the various mobile security companies. Thus, you can imagine my surprise when, a few weeks ago, I received an email from the [...]
Earlier this week, Smobile Systems published a press release that claims 1 in 63 Symbian smartphones are infected with some sort of virus or trojan or malware of some sort. We all know this is garbage, but it’s important to dig into the facts a little bit, to see what’s really being said. The numbers [...]
A while back, you may remember the big hubbub over the ‘Curse of Silence‘ exploit that allowed an attacker to disable the messaging capabilities on Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition-powered smartphones, by sending a carefully crafted message. The attack did not hurt the rest of the phone, and was easily remedied with a hard reset. Nokia [...]
It’s amazing to me that F-Secure and other ‘security’ applications for S60 still exist. Who’s buying these apps, and why? Today’s episode is dubbed ‘the Curse of Silence‘, and reads just like any other scary story, told around a campfire with a flashlight facing the sky. According to this post at F-Secure’s site, at the [...]
Steve Litchfield has taken the opportunity to lambast the BBC for a recent piece quoting people from Adaptive Mobile and F-Secure, two companies that conveniently offer commercial anti-virus software for S60-powered smartphones. The article goes on to warn readers of the threats of mobile viruses, particularly to the Symbian platform. As Steve correctly points out, [...]
