F-Secure will launch during Q3 2005 two new mobile products to protect smartphones against mobile threats namely: F-Secure Mobile Security and F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Mobile. Both contain sophisticated features that allow complete device protection without sacrificing device performance or usability.
The first product, F-Secure Mobile Security, which is available for Nokia Communicator 9500 and 9300 devices, enables secure mobile computing by combining an integrated antivirus and firewall. A firewall is especially useful in devices that use WLAN or other public networks for Internet access as is the case with the Nokia Communicators. Device-resident protection safeguards the mobile device from various types of attack, from intrusion attempts to malware exploits. The F-Secure solution delivers invisible and automated safety through real-time, on-device protection with customizable firewall rule sets and automatic over-the-air antivirus updates. F-Secure Mobile Security will be made available later for other devices.
Fortunately for the growing number of Windows Mobile device users, this new solution will enable them to utilize the full potential of their devices without fear of malware attack or infection. The solution fights all known Windows Mobile threats and is automatically updated when new malware is detected at the F-Secure Data Security Lab. F-Secure is renowned for its speed of response and update compared to the competition and now this coverage extends to the mobile community.
F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus for Windows Mobile has all the features of the award-winning Symbian version including real-time scanning with user-friendly, invisible protection. The solution is available for Pocket PC and Smartphone operating systems, both of which are based on Windows Mobile. This means extended protection for PocketPC-devices such as Qtek 9090, Qtek S100 as well as T-Mobile branded devices MDA II, MDA III , MDA Compact. Examples of Smartphone devices are: Qtek 8010, Qtek 8100, SDA, SDA Music, Motorola MPX 220.
Mobile malware on the rise
Summer is traditionally considered a quieter time in the business world but it appears that mobile virus writers havent only been relaxing on the beach. Indeed the summer saw a spike in mobile malware thanks to variations of Skulls, Fontal.B, Doomboot.A, OneHop.A and BlankFont.A (see chart 1).
Onehop.A is the first Symbian trojan using Bluetooth to send trojans to other phones. Onehop.A causes an infected device to reboot when trying to use system applications such as accessing the phone menu. It sends copies to the first device it finds using bluetooth. In its structure Onehop.A is quite similar to the Skulls family of Trojans with the exception that instead of replacing system files with corrupted binaries, Onehop.A uses applications to cause devices to reboot. Thus, if a device is infected with Onehop.A, pressing the menu button or any system application button make the device reboot. Users can get a Onehop.A infection by downloading cracked mobile software etc. from the Internet.
Chart 1: The increase of mobile malware in one year. The overall total number of mobile malware is close to 90 and is constantly on the rise.
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