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by Stuart Houghton

Have a rummage in the bottom of your desk drawer - you still have Nokia 1100 that you got free with a PAYG SIM? Fish it out - you might be able to flog on eBay for £ 22,000.

In fact, do not - you could be helping international criminals rip off bank accounts of people.

It seems that the lowly Nokia 1100 is the new weapon in the arsenal of electronic fraudster. A bug in the firmware of the phone means it is possible to intercept SMS messages from others and this has given organized criminals a way of hacking bank accounts on the Internet.

The exploit relies on the fact that many European banks are using passwords for any electronic transaction. These passwords are sent to customers using SMS messages. By obtaining user data and using pirated Nokia 1100 to intercept SMS messages, the pirates can divert funds to other accounts using valid one time passwords that both banks and customers assume are safe.

The authorities of the Netherlands became suspicious when they noticed that Nokia 1100 phones have changed hands in line for huge amounts of money. Say security researchers are not 100% sure how the exploit works and try to duplicate it.Meanwhile, the asking price for a Nokia 1100 has jumped from £ 5,000 and £ 22,000 in just a few months.

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This' Nokia 1100 'is a hoax, the messenger Frank Engelsman working society false Ultrascan' in Amsterdam is not registered in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The Dutch public prosecutor investigating the activities of Mr. Engelsman. See for more information and http://www.security.nl/artikel/17810/1/OM_twijfelt_aan_bestaan_onderzoeksbureau_Ultrascan.html http://www.om.nl/vast_menu_blok/english/

Haha, this is a hoax.A firmware is software. Software may be copied, updated, deleted. So why all the phones must be made at this factory? Why not install this firmware on other phones? Also the phone has no number at all, it is in the SIM card. If it was a bug in the GSM networks, they would have fixed hours. Get real people, nobody will pay that amount....

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Mobile website : a guideline to mobile website « Shashi0303's ...

by Shashi Arya

Few days back i came across to work on mobile website. As this was my first mobile website development i started searching on google and came across few site and blogs which gave some information. Here i am complying few tips.

Mobile Browsers and Screens

The biggest problem with mobile web design is the variation in browsers. If you think the differences between IE6, Firefox, and Safari are extreme you haven’t experienced anything. Mobile phones vary greatly in both size and ability.

Common screen sizes range from 128 x 160 to 320 x 480 . Other common screen sizes are 176 x 220 and 240 x 320 but often the actual resolution will vary slightly. The browsers have greatly varying abilities. Modern smart phones like iPhone and phones running Google Android have fully functional browsers. (At the time of writing this Flash support is not included) Other models like the Nokia 1100 or the Nokia 1101 have very simple browsers.

Mobile Phone Mark-up Options There are two main ways of writing mark-up for mobile browsers. The first is WML. WML is XML mark-up designed for mobile phones. It has been around for some time and is the best way to go if your audience is likely using older or less featured phones like the Noikia 1100 or Nokia 1101. The other, more common option is XHTML or XHTML-MP. XHTML is a mark-up language much more familiar to most web developers. Most modern phone browsers are capable of using XHTML or XHTML-MP and I have had great success using XHTML. When creating your XHTML it is important to make sure you create valid mark-up as mobile phones are not nearly as forgiving as traditional browsers.

Designing a website for the mobile platform presents unique

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