David Emm
David Emm
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It's tricky to say when something like this could jump from proof of concept to being out in the wild because a lot depends on what the author's motives are and whether he wants to send it far and wide or if he just wants to show how good he is. The spread of viruses also depends on what people do with their phones. If they are only making calls, it's unlikely they will get infected.
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Criminals will employ whatever evasive techniques they can.
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My own feeling is that this isn't a new threat, it's been around a couple weeks and AV vendors have had protection in place.
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Hackers are attracted to such exhibitions by the opportunity to break in to the networks of companies taking part.
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This worm is not new but it continues to spread and has a damaging payload. We want to urge all computer users to update their antivirus protection before the first trigger date on 3 February.