Malicious Cell Phone Spam hits the US

Some AT&T Wireless subscribers believe a text message masquerading as spam is on the loose and damaging cell phones in the United States, according to an article in News.com reported in Gizmodo.

The subscribers reporting the problem each owned a Siemens S46 cell phone and said they received the e-mail this week. Even when they did not open the e-mail, which began "Need Help With International Dialing," what some say could be malicious software hidden inside wiped out the cell phones' address book and e-mail capabilities.

It's still unclear whether the subscribers were victims of a deliberate attack, which would be among the first in the United States to involve cell phones, or just bad software inside the handsets.

emily | 11:12 AM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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