Archive for July 20th, 2009
2001 HONDA ACCORD, CIVIC RECALL
Honda is recalling 2001 Civic and Accord models. The driver’s airbag could produce excessive internal pressure, possibly causing the inflator to rupture. If this happens, metal fragments could pass through the air bag cushion material, possibly injuring vehicle occupants.
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July 20, 2009
ANALYSTS SEE ALARMING DEVELOPMENT IN MOBILE MALWARE
By Jeremy Kirk, ComputerWorld
The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor says signals the arrival of mobile botnets.
Trend Micro has analyzed a piece of mobile malware known as “Sexy Space,” which is a variant of another piece of mobile malware called Sexy View, which targets devices running the Symbian S60 OS.
Sexy View, which was detected by vendors such as F-Secure six months ago, is significant because it is the first known malware sample that spreads by SMS (Short Message Service). It appeared initially in China.
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