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Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered • The Register
theregister.co.uk - 1/2/2009
Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered • The Register
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Mobile phone security vendors were rejoicing last night when it emerged that an obscure bug in an old version of the Symbian OS could allow an attacker to crash a target's mobile phone with a specially-formatted text message. The attack has been rather dramatically branded the "Curse of ...
berlin.ccc.de - 12/31/2008
SMS/MMS Denial of Service - "Curse Of Silence" for Nokia S60 Phones
— berlin.ccc.de — Medium (for S60 2.8 and 3.1 devices): Target will not be able to receive any SMS or... MMS messages while the attack is ongoing. After that, only very limited message receiving is possible until the device is Factory Resetted. (more) SMS/MMS Denial of Service - "Curse Of Silence" for Nokia ...

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Ultimate Review
dialaphone.co.uk - 1/8/2009
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Ultimate Review
— dialaphone.co.uk — The world has been waiting for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. We started seeing pictures earlier this year... on the Internet, we all caught a glimpse of it in use during The Dark Knight movie and we rejoiced at its official announcement in October and ... (more) Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Ultimate Review

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Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site
unwiredview.com - 12/28/2008
Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site
— unwiredview.com — Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site Fashioned from Nokia’s first touchscreen with a built-in... keypad hybrid, the Nokia 6708, the Nokia 6208c is now official on Nokia’s Chinese web site. This handset has been confirmed to be running Nokia’s ... (more) Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site

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

SlashGear:  Nokia ‘Curse of Silence’ SMS bug prevents Symbian phones from receiving SMS

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'Curse of Silence' Attack Can Disable Texting On Most Nokia Phones [Security]
Gizmodo — ... does the trick. Check below for a list of affected phones, and have a look over at the Register for a slightly more in-depth description of the exploit. [ ...

Nokia ‘Curse of Silence’ SMS bug prevents Symbian phones from receiving SMS
SlashGear — ... Many phones running the popular Symbian S60 operations system can be partially disabled by a malicious coded text message. Many Nokia handsets such as the N95, N79, and E71 just to name a few. This curse is being called “The Curse of Silence.” ...

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'Curse of Silence' exploit squelches inbound SMS/MMS to Nokia S60 devices — Engadget
Here's an odd one for you. Tobias Engel of the Chaos Communication Congress has discovered a rather nasty exploit that'll cause any Nokia S60 devices running versions 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 or 3.1 to stop receiving SMS and MMS messages. The "Curse of Silence," which has been independently verified by ...
Curse Of Silence Exploit On Nokia S60 Phones — Ubergizmo
There has been a serious vulnerability that has been discovered on Nokia S60 phones that actually blocks all incoming messages, be it SMS or MMS. This is touted to be a "Remote SMS/MMS Denial of Service" and has also been dubbed the Curse of Silence. This exploit can be carried out simply by ...
Curse of Silence' Attack Can Disable Texting On Most Nokia Phones — textually.org
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". [via Gizmodo ]
The Curse Of Silence For Nokia Sets — Digital Trends
They’re calling it the Curse of Silence, an exploit for the Nokia N60 that can prevent the handset from sending or receiving text messages, and it’s been made public by F-Secure. Although the texting capabilities of the handset can be halted, all the ...
Curse of Silence SMS exploit could temporarily disable S60 3rd Edition smartphones — MobileBurn.com
An SMS exploit was uncovered earlier this week. It can temporarily disable most S60 3rd Edition-powered smartphones' ability to receive text messages. The effects of the so-called 'Curse of Silence' are easily fixed, however. Read the full story here.
SMS Curse of Silence can be removed — Coolest Gadgets
Cell phones have advanced by leaps and bounds over the years, and they are now much more powerful compared to computers that you used as desktops a couple of decades ago. In fact, most of today’s modern handsets are pretty much toned down versions of netbooks, not only being able to help ...
Video: Nokia S60 handsets blocked by Curse of Silence bug — Phones Review
The is a bug doing the rounds that gives Nokia S60 devices the “Curse of Silence,” whereby a hacker sends the Nokia S60 handset a unique SMS message containing a 32 character email address. When the target Nokia S60 handset receives the SMS message it rejects all incoming text messages and ...
“Curse of Silence” Kills All Inbound SMS/MMS on Nokia S60 — PhoneArea.net
Chaos Communication Congress with the help of an employee Tobias Engel has made known a new exploit on the Nokia S60; this “cursed” exploit will… + view full entry
Text message can lock out Nokia S60 devices — Electronista | The Macintosh News Network
Nokia's handsets running on the Symbian S60 operating system are vulnerable to what is being called the Curse of Silence attack that knocks out the devices' ability to receive SMS and MMS messages, a German group has found. The Chaos Computer Club ha...
‘Curse of Silence’ Bug Does Nasty Things to Nokia S60 Devices — IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis
The ‘Curse of Silence’. You read it right… No, not the ‘ Cone of Silence ‘… The ‘Curse of Silence’! My pal John over at MobileSyrup shot this over to me in my email this morning, and I was quite intrigued. What a great way to ring in the ...
Nokia S60 Curse of Silence bug exposed — Newlaunches.com
The next time you notice that your S60-running Nokia phone isn’t receiving SMS or MMS for a complete day beware, your phone could be infected with a unique bug aptly named the ‘curse of silence’ It’s designed to infect the S60 series of Nokia phones. The bug hijacks the phone through a tweaked ...