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Fortinet Provides Protection Against "Curse of Silence/CurseSMS" Mobile Attack
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA, January 5 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Fortinet? -- the pioneer and leading
provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced
that its FortiGuard? Global Security Research Team has released a new
version of the FortiCleanUp tool to help users recover from the recently
discovered "Curse of Silence" mobile attack (also known as CurseSMS).
Fortinet's FortiCleanUp is a range of free tools running on Symbian(TM)OS
S60-powered phones and designed to remove and recover from specific mobile
malware and their related variants.
The "Curse of Silence/CurseSMS" attack is a remote SMS/MMS denial of
service that was recently discovered by Tobias Engel and revealed at the
25th Chaos Communication Congress. The attack involves sending a
maliciously crafted SMS to potential targets. Upon receipt of that SMS, the
targeted device may no longer be able to receive SMS or MMS messages.
Depending on the operating system version of the targeted mobile phone, the
device may require a factory reset to properly function again.
Fortinet provides a free-of-charge license to its new FortiCleanUp tool,
which helps users to recover once their mobile phone has been attacked by
"Curse of Silence/CurseSMS." The FortiCleanUp tool for Curse of
Silence/CurseSMS automatically scans and removes malicious SMS/MMS messages
that are preventing the proper functioning of the handset.
Potentially vulnerable devices include Nokia phones running SymbianOS S60
2nd Edition Feature Pack 2, 2nd Edition Feature Pack 3, 3rd Edition, and
3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. This includes several phones of the "N" series
up to the N95 and of the "E" series up to the E90, as well as older models
such as the 6680.
For complete real-time protection, the FortiGuard team recommends the
installation of Fortinet's FortiClient Mobile on mobile devices. This
security application provides unified security agent features including
personal firewall, IPSec VPN, antivirus, antispyware and SMS anti-spam.
FortiClient's protection agent is powered by FortiGuard security
subscription services to help protect devices against today's blended
threats. FortiClient Mobile provides light-weight, unified security agent
features and is available for Microsoft? Windows Mobile(TM) and SymbianOS
S60 operating systems.
For additional information on this advisory or to get the complete list of
Nokia phones targeted by the "Curse of Silence/CurseSMS" attack, please go
to: http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-31.html.
For ongoing threat research, bookmark the FortiGuard Center
(http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/) or add it to your RSS feed by going to
http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/rss/index.html. To learn more
about FortiGuard Subscription Services, visit
http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortiguard.html.
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified
threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises
and service providers to increase their security while reducing total
operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to
integrate multiple levels of security protection -- including firewall,
antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam --
designed to help customers protect against network and content level
threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions
offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to
chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet
solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only
security products that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs:
Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, Network IPS, and Antispam.
Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
Copyright ? 2008 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ? and
(TM) denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered
trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet
trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet,
FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiCare,
FortiAnalyzer, FortiReporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC, FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch,
FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog, FortiResponse, and FortiDB. Other
trademarks belong to their respective owners. Fortinet has not
independently verified statements above attributed to other parties, and
Fortinet does not endorse any such statements.
Media Contacts
Jennifer Leggio
Fortinet, Inc.
+1 408.486.7876jleggio@fortinet.com
Copyright ? 2009 Marketwire
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