Mobile phone virus may be unexpected, the industry to cope with the imminent

London consultancy Deloitte a day before the telecommunications security technology experts warned that the recent emergence of a mobile phone shop in California two NOKIA Cabir mobile phone virus, may be the beginning of a wave of malicious attacks.

Mobile devices everywhere, for hackers to provide a lot of new access points, private, corporate and government networks are not spared. In addition, the number of mobile phones now has more than PC, which means a wide range of mobile devices will have a huge impact on the attack. Hackers will Wi-Fi as an open network, the rapid spread of Wi-Fi today, the risk is self-evident, Deloitte's Tony Cooper said.

"The latest mobile phone virus attacks show that this is not a question of whether or not to attack, but when to attack." Cooper representation.

Cabir virus last year in more than and 10 countries, such as Britain and China, and produced a lot of varieties. The early version is successful let mobile phone battery leakage, but later variants can aim with the most popular mobile phone operating system, including Symiban and Microsoft Windows Mobile, can destroy the documents, forcing mobile phone to call the telephone number of the additional expense ratio.

"The security business will grow rapidly in 2005, with a completely new business area covering mobile operators, handset manufacturers, service providers and system integrators," Cooper said.

Before the day held in France's 3GSM World Congress, NOKIA launched the latest version of the Series 60 smart phone software. The company also urged the industry to work closely together to discuss ways to fight against the virus and improve security procedures.

It is still not known how the mobile phone store in the United States, California, how to be infected with the disease. But the recent test case and theory evidence most of the warning: improper use of Bluetooth in the mobile phone, will mean that the virus attacks may be unexpected.