Mobile viruses just getting started
While viruses that attack phones are few and far between now, when they get traction -- and they will -- the lousy state of security in smart phones means trouble for users and providers, an analyst said this week.
Most of the mobile malicious code that's popped up so far -- such as Cabir, a worm that's spread to several countries via Bluetooth-enabled phones -- isn't dangerous or destructive, said Brian Pellegrini, a wireless analyst with ABI Research.
The sorry state of malicious code directed toward mobile devices, said Pellegrini, is due to the small base of smart phone users. "First of all, there's not a lot out there [using smart phones] to be infected or start complaining about viruses," he said. "And because the numbers are small, phones are just starting to be noticed by virus writers."
