Australia’s media watchdog has won a test case against several parties who were running an elaborate text message spamming scheme.
It is the first time the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has brought a spam case involving SMS messages before the courts.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is trying to crack down on a scam in which text messages are sent to mobile phones in a bid to lure money from their owners.
Another article from the security pros at F-Secure outlines another Symbian trojan, Doomboot.A. Doomboot.A pretends to be a pirate copied Symbian game. People who don’t download and install pirate copied games or applications are safe from nasty surprises, but lots of people do. (more…)
F-Secure have a post that goes back nearly four years outlining the first known trojan to attack phones MMC card. SymbOS/Cardblock.A is a Symbian trojan that used a phones MMC card in trying to get users PC infected with Win32 malware, but Cardblock.A is the first one that actually attacks the MMC card itself. (more…)
Yesterday President Barack Obama announced his plans for securing cyberspace. It would have been hard to imagine George Bush giving a talk about malware and bots. That’s exactly what Obama did.
Phrases like this sound perfectly natural coming from Obama: “We’ve had to learn a whole new vocabulary just to stay ahead of the cyber criminals who would do us harm – spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets.”
I was emailed a link to an article from one of our readers this morning confirming that yep you can rob banks with your Nokia 1100. Now I might be sensationalising things a little bit with my post, but read the full article posted on PCworld and you’ll realise that this is serious stuff.
Now if you were using SecureSMS from Celltrust to communicate with your bank or something similar issues like this could more than likely be avoided.
The April 2009 issue of Sciencexpress has tabled a research paper with the title of Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses.
The paper was written by Pu Wang, Marta C. González, César A. Hidalgo and Albert-László Barabási. (more…)
Loads of European banks provide their mobile banking customers with a list of sequential numbers and random requested checksums on a pice of paper or card. Without access to this physical list an attacker might be able to gain access to the banks online GUI but won’t be able to complete a fund transaction. This is a fairly secure method but carrying the piece of paper or card can be a bit cumbersome.
So think about it for a second, what’s more convenient and is always with you? Yep, your mobile phone. (more…)
We all contribute to the global warming problem. But CellTrust’s FlightAssist subscribers now have an effective way to become part of the solution. Using carbon reduction and offsetting options from Carbonfund.org makes it possible for every traveler – with just a mobile phone – to “clean up” their itinerary.
“Doing something about climate change means reducing the carbon dioxide emissions every one of us generates every day – when we drive our cars, heat or cool our houses, watch TV, or take an airplane,” states Steve Offutt, COO at Carbonfund.org. “After you have taken responsibility and reduced your emissions as much as you can, one of the best actions to take as a next step is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions equal to your carbon emissions – with carbon offsetting.
LONDON, UK: September 25, 2007 — The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), (www.mmaglobal.com), which represents more than 450 companies across the mobile marketing ecosystem, today announced the release of its Mobile Advertising Guidelines tailored specifically for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The guidelines are designed to foster the uptake of mobile advertising by global brands as well as enhance and protect the customer’s experience.
The guidelines make it easier for marketers to develop mobile advertising campaigns while ensuring the campaigns are delivered consistently on the majority of mobile devices ensuring a positive and consistent consumer experience. (more…)
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