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'Curse of Silence' Smartphone Flaw Disclosed Saturday, January 03, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Defense and Security   
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A denial-of-service attack that limits the number of SMS messages that can be received by Nokia smartphones has been disclosed and demonstrated. Dubbed the "curse of silence" by German security researcher Tobias Engel, the attack occurs when Nokia Series 60 phones are sent a malformed e-mail message via SMS (Short Message Service). Engel demonstrated the attack on Tuesday at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, according to a blog post by security vendor F-Secure.
(source: news.cnet.com)
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