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Cabir (also known as EPOC.cabir and Symbian/Cabir) is the name of a computer worm developed in 2004 that is designed to infect mobile phones running Symbian OS. It is believed to be the first computer worm that can infect mobile phones. When a phone is infected with Cabir, the message "Caribe" is displayed on the phone's display, and is displayed every time the phone is turned on. The worm then attempts to spread to other phones in the area using wireless Bluetooth signals. A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The worm was not sent out into the wild, but sent directly to anti-virus firms, who believe Cabir in its current state is harmless. However, it does prove that mobile phones are also at risk from virus writers. Experts also believe that the worm was developed by a group who call themselves 29A, a group of international hackers, as a "proof of concept" worm in order to catch world attention. It failed to infect any of its targets.
The worm can attack and replicate on Bluetooth enabled Series 60 phones. The worm tries to sends itself to all Bluetooth enabled devices that support the "Object Push Profile", which can also be non-Symbian phones, desktop computers or even printers. Symantec reports that the worm spreads as a .SIS file installed in the Apps directory. Unlike actual PC worms, Cabir does not spread if the user does not accept the file-transfer or does not agree with the installation. F-Secure reports that some phones, at least, warn the user about an unverified supplier. So, like many other worms, this sample also needs a good portion of social engineering to reach its goal. This article is about the Bluetooth wireless specification. ...
This article or section should be merged with Nokia Series 60 Series 60 is a user interface for mobile phones that is developed and marketed by Nokia. ...
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), founded in 1982, is an information security company headquartered in Cupertino, California that now specializes in computer security and antivirus software. ...
In the field of computer security, social engineering is the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulation of legitimate users. ...
While the worm is considered harmless because it replicates but does not perform any other activity, it will result in shortened battery life on portable devices due to constant scanning for other Bluetooth enabled devices.
See also Symbian OS threats it arrices as a .sis file and does not do anything other than slowing diwn the phone. It then searches for active bluetooth connections and then messages itself to them. This way of propogation is very affective to spreas in a very devastating manner. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Symbian OS. (Discuss) In 2004, Cabir was developed. ...
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