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Nokia handsets are the latest victims of a worm that has spread over many handsets. A security vendor has recently uncovered a SymbianOS Worm that is actively spreading on mobile phone networks. Sure looks like a lot of Nokia users would be very pissed.

The handsets that are recently been hit were the Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72. These handsets are all Symbian S60 enabled. The worm has been identified as SymbOS/Beselo.A!worm. It has been described as being disguised as a multimedia file (MMS) with an evocative name: either Beauty.jpg, Sex.mp3 or Love.rm.

The worm is said to be spreading in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. When installed, the worm harvests all the phone numbers located in the phone’s contact lists and targets them with a viral MMS carrying a SIS-packed (Symbian Installation Source) version of the worm.

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Nokia, Symbian S60, Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70, N72, SymbOS/Beselo.A!worm

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