Decius wrote:
] You can send these images as SMS messages.
] If you set one of these images to be the background the phone
] must be wiped and reinstalled by the manufacturer.

SMS messages have been a vector of attack since they came out; limited resources and all. But this new Microsoft one seems particularly bad, considering the code can be executed by looking at a JPEG on a webpage using the most popular web browser... No clicky-click, just have it rendered. Fortunately, inserting an image into someone's email, or on to webpages isn't easy.

RE: SecurityFocus HOME News: Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril