http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2006/08/29/school-of-smish/ Cutting edge security research as it happens....... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:26:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2006/08/29/school-of-smish/comment-page-1/#comment-152316 I Malware arrivano anche sul Mobile | Networking - Reti, adsl, voip, wireless, firewalling Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:42:38 +0000 http://myavert.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=75#comment-152316 [...] Avert Labs ha individuato le principali minacce per telefoni cellulari e le aree maggiormente a rischio per gli utenti: Messaggi di test, Contatti, Video, Trascrizioni telefoniche, Registri delle chiamate, Documenti, Overflow del buffer. Per esempio i ricercatori di McAfee Avert Labs hanno riscontrato esempi di phishing via SMS, noto anche come SMiShing, che a quanto pare sta avendo una notevole diffusione. I virus per dispositivi mobili possono anche “rubare” una rubrica e inviare messaggi che contengono a propria volta un virus, o ancora, essendo la maggior parte degli smartphone oggi dotata di videocamera e fotocamera, attraverso le API di Microsoft, il malware mobile può assumere il controllo del telefono e utilizzare la fotocamera per scattare fotografie. [...] [...] Avert Labs ha individuato le principali minacce per telefoni cellulari e le aree maggiormente a rischio per gli utenti: Messaggi di test, Contatti, Video, Trascrizioni telefoniche, Registri delle chiamate, Documenti, Overflow del buffer. Per esempio i ricercatori di McAfee Avert Labs hanno riscontrato esempi di phishing via SMS, noto anche come SMiShing, che a quanto pare sta avendo una notevole diffusione. I virus per dispositivi mobili possono anche “rubare” una rubrica e inviare messaggi che contengono a propria volta un virus, o ancora, essendo la maggior parte degli smartphone oggi dotata di videocamera e fotocamera, attraverso le API di Microsoft, il malware mobile può assumere il controllo del telefono e utilizzare la fotocamera per scattare fotografie. [...]

]]> http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2006/08/29/school-of-smish/comment-page-1/#comment-58725 Get Safe Online (The Blog) / The risk of SMS Phishing Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:25:38 +0000 http://myavert.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=75#comment-58725 [...] McAfee reported that phone users in Iceland and Australia received text messages telling that they had to go to a website to ‘unsubscribe’ from an expensive dating website. Of course, the website installed a virus on the hapless victims. [...] [...] McAfee reported that phone users in Iceland and Australia received text messages telling that they had to go to a website to ‘unsubscribe’ from an expensive dating website. Of course, the website installed a virus on the hapless victims. [...]

]]> http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2006/08/29/school-of-smish/comment-page-1/#comment-54330 Watch out for dodgy phishing text messages at Pocket Picks Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:10:04 +0000 http://myavert.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=75#comment-54330 [...] And I don’t mean friends texting you porkies about the size of the perch they caught this morning. Security firm McAfee has warned of a new trend for ’smishing’, in which nefarious scamsters send you texts trying to get you to visit their website on your PC, which can then be infected with a trojan virus. [...] [...] And I don’t mean friends texting you porkies about the size of the perch they caught this morning. Security firm McAfee has warned of a new trend for ’smishing’, in which nefarious scamsters send you texts trying to get you to visit their website on your PC, which can then be infected with a trojan virus. [...]

]]> http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2006/08/29/school-of-smish/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Computer Security Research - McAfee Avert Labs Blog Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:44:19 +0000 http://myavert.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=75#comment-43 [...] With the recent SMiShing incidents, the rise in for-profit mobile malware is definitely troubling. [...] [...] With the recent SMiShing incidents, the rise in for-profit mobile malware is definitely troubling. [...]

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