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'Curse of Silence' Attack Can Disable Texting On Most Nokia Phones [Security]

textually.org found this 1/2/2009 on gizmodo.com

Phones using a number of popular versions of the Symbian S60 mobile OS (the Nokia N95, E71 and N76 just to name a few) can be partially disabled by a maliciously coded text. The attack has been lamely dubbed "The Curse of Silence" and it's pretty simple. Due to a glitch in the way that the S60 ...