Cell phone worm Cabir and ES5
p2pnet.net News:- America is apparently still saying hello to the Cabir mobile phone bug spotted not yesterday, as one would have thought from Google headlines, but more than a week ago by F-Secure.
As a p2pnet reader observes, “ ‘Kabir’ was the supposed Palestinian owner of EarthStation 5. Since Arabic spellings are translated phonetics (think how many spellings there have been of the Libyan President) his name could just as easily have been Cabir.”
Heh. Nice one ; )
Slyck’s Tom Mennecke recently did an excellent wrap of the ES5 saga.
In the meanwhile below are a few samples of the Cabir story from the World Press Corpse.
Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States – EWeek: By Reuters. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The world’s first mobile phone virus ‘in the wild’ has spread to the United States from its …
Cabir mobile phone virus hits the US – VNUNet.com, UK: – The Cabir mobile phone virus has finally spread as far at the US, and has been spotted on a handset for sale in a shop in California. …
First cell phone virus in US – Newsday, NY: BY RICHARD J. DALTON JR. A California store recently offered a free — although unwanted — giveaway: The first known American occurrence …
Cell phone worm – Red Herring, CA: Cell phone users had something new to worry about on Monday after security experts issued warnings about a virus called “cabir,” which attacks battery life …
US Catches Cabir Cell Phone Virus – Zaman Online, Turkey: By Asli Algun. According to the statement issued by a security firm in the US, the first cell phone virus in the world is spreading …
Cabir spotted in the US – ZDNet UK: A version of the Cabir virus has turned up in two Nokia 6600s on display in a California mobile phone store, in what is believed to be the first "on-the-ground …
Mobile-phone virus Cabir found in US – PhysOrg.com, VA: Finnish anti-virus research company F-Secure said it discovered first in-the-wild sighting of Cabir in Santa Monica, California. …
Mobile virus turns up in US – NEWS.com.au, Australia: THE world’s first mobile phone virus "in the wild" has spread to the United States from its birthplace in the Philippines. The virus …
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See:-
a week ago – Cabir mobile worm invades US, p2pnet, February 21, 2005
excellent wrap – EarthStation 5, p2pnet, February 21, 2005
