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New Trojan on Symbian Based Phones

InfoWorld has coverage of a new Trojan affecting phones running the Symbian Series 60 software, including the new Nokia 7610. The trojan itself is not particularly interesting, but there is one telling quote from the piece:
When installing the file "extended theme.sis," Symbian phone users are informed by the operating system (OS) that the software is not Symbian Signed -- a trusted software application program initiated by the OS developer -- and asked if they want to continue, according to Hyppönen [Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure].
"This is definitely a good warning but the problem is that any advanced PC user who downloads software regularly sees this kind of warning 99 percent of the time and simply clicks OK," he said. "So the warning isn't really protecting much."
This underscores my long-held belief that all the clever security software in the world is no match for a careless user.
By Periodik Labs on November 23, 2004 9:54 AM |

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