Wednesday, June 16, 2004

EPOC.Cabir: The worm that went mobile

Epoc.Cabir is a proof of concept worm that replicates in Nokia series phones...

Mobile vulnerabilities aren't new, couple of months ago there were a few security alerts exposing vulnerabilities Bluetooth enabled phones including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Ericsson models. The process is called bluesnarfing or "bluetooth wireless link hijack".
A bluesnarfer can make use of the bluetooth wireless link from the victim's device (be it mobile or any other device) and take control of the service provided by the device or the device itself. It is important in mobile phones because a cracker can use your mobile connection to browse internet or may even make a phone call from your phone.

Apparently Cabir is harmless, except it is power hungry but it has opened a whole new window of possibilities to worry about.
More Reading:
  1. Entomology: The Blue Bugs
  2. Bluesnarfing report from CeBIT
  3. BluejackQ

Posted by Kannan at 2:15 PM | | Comments ()