Nokia: Hacking possible but takes time
After many iPhone hacking news, here is an interesting response from s60 side. According to Daniel Shugrue, marketing manager of the S60 software platform, it would take a very sophisticated attacker to accomplish this.
Is it technically possible? Yes, I’d agree that it is, says Shugrue, adding that he basically shares the opinions expressed by IBM, McAfee and Symantec that cell phones can be hacked and manipulated by an attacker, though it’s not easy to do and examples of actual cell-phone attacks are rare. Shugrue says Nokia had not received reports directly of its cell phones being taken off by hackers.
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May 11th, 2008 at 20:06
I think Nokia phones catchs virus pretty quick… I am using SE for quiet a long time… neva had such a prob like virus or a hacker…
May 11th, 2008 at 20:51
I also have been using Nokia for years, have never had problems. As long as there is a widely used and complicated operating system, it shouldn’t be impossible :)