Did you know what was the first smartphone virus and what it could do?

As you probably know already, smartphone viruses are an existing threat. Sure, you won't get one if you're careful with what you download and where you download it from, yet the chance of a smartphone becoming infected is still there. A small fraction of users do get a virus at some point, and that exposes their sensitive information at a grave risk. For example, a recent malware strain called Simplocker could freeze the files on a user's microSD card and would demand a ransom if the user wanted them to be unlocked. But how did it all start anyway? Since when have smartphone viruses existed?



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