Worms – start social but can spread

Interesting to see the report of the ikee worm for the iPhone in Australia. Whilst one could see this as a socially-minded warning, encouraging people to change their passwords, the potential is that others will follow with more malicious intent.

Security has been a major factor in slowing fixed internet growth and the mobile industry must act quickly to reassure consumers that attacks on mobiles will be prevented, or at least responded to quickly.

Next step : over to apple

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