[Wolves] Smart phones and Viruses

[Kris Douglas]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Re-LoaD <reload at brum2600.net> wrote:
> Kris Douglas wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Re-LoaD <reload at brum2600.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> dick_turpin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> Now here's something I'd not thought about, anti-virus program for smart
>>>> phones and PDAs, well why would I we're not mobile phone sellers.
>>>>
>>>> ESET Nod32 sent me a Partner News Letter today talking about ESET Mobile
>>>> Antivirus, of course at the moment this only applies to Windows based
>>>> units.
>>>>
>>>> Just a thought, now where did I put that Linux Virus?
>>>
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>>
>> ASP won't get you very far :D
>
> not that I program in ASP (Anally Sensitive Programming) anyway but most
> people will download a phone app to the pc first and then install it to the
> phone, so the point I was making has nothing to do with the phone more
> exploiting that weak link again..... Humans
>
>>
>> Still, the massive variations on Linux platforms means that the virus
>> has to be designed for your system, meaning they aren't always the
>> best at being hacked.
>
> the same is true for car ECU's but that hasn't stopped me ;)
> roll on the WiFi/bluetooth ECU
>

The BMW 7-Series ECU, now they are a hacker target if there ever was one :P

I managed to get into ours after a while of poking around... god knows
what would happen if someone managed to interface with the configs
using bluetooth, you could turn the engine off on the motorway :P


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