Here Comes WAPjacking

Because bluejacking and bluesnarfing have become so tired already, we already need a new mobile phone threat. How about one that combines the simplicity of the old modem redialer scam (where a trojan disconnects your modem and makes it dial a premium rate number in the Bahamas or wherever) with a nice little SMS message? I’ve <A href=http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=100702″>dubbed it WAPjacking. While the damage it does sounds bad, the lack of any stories where this actually has happened makes it feel like yet another hyped up security threat.


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