www.theregister.co.uk — 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 ...
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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