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Bluetooth virus

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Bluetooth virus
A cellphone virus that propagates via open Bluetooth connections. Created as proof of concept, the first Bluetooth virus was the benign Cabir virus, launched in mid-2004 from the Phillipines. The propagation occurs because Bluetooth phones can be programmed to signal any Bluetooth phone in the vicinity to accept a new application. If an inexperienced user says "yes," the malware is installed, which can replicate itself as a file in future text messages. In addition, if the infected phone uses a memory card that is ever moved to another phone, the second phone will become infected. See Bluetooth glossary, Cabir and virus.
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Once a single operating system becomes common, we could potentially see outbreaks of epidemic proportion because a mobile phone virus can spread by two mechanisms: a Bluetooth virus can infect all Bluetooth-activated phones in a 10-30 meter radius, while Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) virus, like many computer viruses, spreads using the address book of the device.
Cell phone viruses poised to reach epidemic proportions by Asian News International
 
 
 
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