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New worm on prowl for mobile devices

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Just on the heels of some new insights on how mobile malware is increasing comes a new security alert from a Russian researcher, who reports that a new aggressive worm is using Bluetooth and memory cards to infect phones and other mobile devices. The malware, Commwarrior.Q, moves from phone to phone using a Bluetooth connection, according to F-Secure Corp., the security vendor who detected the new threat. While it's not moving at the speed of light right now, the worm's sophisticated nature and aggressiveness is warranting concern.

To get more info about the mobile malware risk:
-read this article at InfoWorld

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