Police believe that the author or a nasty virus that made its way around in July was a Russian. The GPcode gave a lot of people headaches. Police believe the author of the virus was trying to sell decryption software to virus victims. Inforworld has the details.
“The individual is believed to be a Russian national, and has been in contact with at least one anti-malware company, Kaspersky Lab, in an attempt to sell a tool that could be used to decrypt victims’ files.”
The BBC warns that experts are warning mobile phone users that our days of virus-free talking boxes may be coming to an end.
2008 has seen the release of about 10 new mobile viruses and trojans, said Simon Heron, managing director of security firm Network Box.
“There are about 400 variants of mobile malware compared to in excess of 700,000 for computers,” said Mr Heron. The vast majority of viruses written for mobile phones are aimed at the Symbian mobile operating system - a consequence of its early dominance.
The fully terrifying and British article is available here.
