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A mobile phone virus originating from the Philippines is spreading to multiple countries, which to some, officially signifies the beginning of the mobile virus era.
So far, the most malicious act reported from those infected has to with quicker than usual battery drainage. A report from F-Secure reveals the Cabir virus comes in many different variations, but all variants are based on the Cabir source code.
According to F-Secure
Cabir.H and Cabir.I can spread to an unlimited number of phones per reboot. As soon as a suitable target phone is seen, the worm sends itself there as a Bluetooth file transmission and keeps sending itself to that phone while it is still in range. Once the target phone leaves the area, Cabir.H will find a new target and continue spreading. This means that in conditions where people move around and new phones come in conctact with each other, the Cabir.H and Cabir.I can spread quite rapidly.
The company also indicates the only way to secure phones against the Cabir variants are "to install automated antivirus software to the phone. This is also the only way to get full protection against viruses that try to enter the phone for example over Bluetooth or Internet connections."
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