Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Wireless worm appears

A newly detected worm spreads among mobile phones using the Bluetooth wireless technology, according to security firm F-Secure.

Called Cabir, the worm targets phones that use the Symbian Ltd. Series 60 operating system, according to F-Secure officials. When a user unwittingly installs the worm on a phone, the malicious code activates and starts looking for other Bluetooth devices to infect. It sends itself as a file called caribe.sis, which the user must accept and install to activate the worm.


Source: 'FCW.com'

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Microsoft Adds DRM To Windows Player Beta

Microsoft late Wednesday posted a public preview edition of its Windows Media Player 10, which includes its digital rights management (DRM) technology once dubbed Janus.

Janus, the successor to Windows Media Digital Rights Management, is designed specifically to work on over 60 devices--including non-Microsoft hardware--and supports both per-tune or per-movie downloads, as well as all-you-can-eat subscription music services. Among its features: a timed elimination of downloads, which prevents subscribers from listening or watching content if their license expires.

Source: 'techweb.com.