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Mobile phone virus tries leaping to PCs

A Trojan virus that attempts to spread from smart phones to users' PCs was discovered on Wednesday, marking one of the first cases of virus 'cross-sharing' between the two devices, according to security firm F-Secure. Read more »

Mobile Trojan launches Skulls attack

A new variant of the Skulls Trojan horse that affects Symbian mobile phones has been discovered. Read more »

Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code

Mobile anti-virus researchers and anti-virus companies are at loggerheads over access to code for a PC-to-mobile Trojan. Read more »

Smartphone virus hype dismissed

A company which handles support for major mobile operators has hit back at research published at the end of April by antivirus giant Symantec that suggested users are wising up to a growing threat of mobile phone viruses. Read more »

Skulls Trojan teams up with Cabir worm

Security experts have discovered the Skulls.B Trojan, which is starting to infect phones using the mobile phone worm Cabir. Read more »

Symbian boosts security and enterprise apps

Symbian OS v9 should power smartphones with better functionality, and more powerful protection against viruses. Read more »

First virus for Windows CE surfaces

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Worm ready to wriggle into smart phones

Antivirus companies on Monday in the US raced to decipher the workings of the first worm to target smart phones, while saying that the current incarnation of the program poses little threat. Read more »

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