Trouble SMS Nokia
Did you know that some of the Nokia mobile phone has a bug that can cause the phone still tight-lipped because of a shipment sms? Mobile security company F-secure revealed that some Nokia phones Symbian operating bersistem have a bug that can cause a crash because of mobile phone sms with a specific format. The attack is called via sms Curse Of Silence because the mobile phone into the still tight-lipped can not receive sms and mms.
Mobile phone that has a bug is a Nokia mobile phone Symbian:
S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 (S60 3.1):
E90 Communicator, E71, E66, E51, N95 8GB, N95, N82, N81 8GB, N81, N76, 6290, 6124 classic, 6121 classic, 6120 classic, 6110 Navigator, 5700 XPRESSMUSIC
S60 3rd Edition, Initial Release (S60 3.0):
E70, E65, E62, E61i, E61, E60, E50, N93i, N93, N92, N91 8GB, N91, N80, N77, N73, N71, 5500, 3250
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 (S60 2.8):
N90, N72, N70
S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (S60 2.6):
6682, 6681, 6680, 6630
Curse of the attack Silence practice SMS that contains a particular format. Attacker must also be setting up protocol identifier before sending sms. The message is not visible at the entrance and not visible in the inbox.
Due to the mobile phone (By experiment F-secure):
Nokia S60 mobile 3.0 and 2.6 will crash when the direct sms. Phone will not be able to receive sms and mms before the hard reset.
Phone with the S60 operating system 2.8 and 3.1 will be tight-lipped after several attacks sms (about 11 times) and will display the message “Not enough memory to receive message (s). Delete some data first. ” Message remains bercokol although inbox empty. Restart the phone when the limit will have to open the sms, sms such as the long-term.
How to fix it is to hard reset. It can also with the antivirus products from F-Secure, but unfortunately paid. Antivirus version also is available trialnya but according to several people who have tried trial version was not able to improve.
No bugs update by Nokia. Prevention can also be done with the operator to block sms containing format Curse Of Silence earlier.
To anticipate, always membackup your mobile phone. So when the phone is broken or lost, the data is still backed up.