TimelineofMobileMalware,Hoaxes,andThreats·Chapter3 55 t ip All of the top five MM in the wild to date, based upon prevalence of variants, require the user to do something for an infection to take place. The following few best practices will quickly harden both users and devices against these top threats in the wild. Genesis (2004) The MM revolution started principally in 2004 with the release of the Cabir.A Worm. Some MM were released before this date, but it was Cabir and the release of its source code that caused an explosion of new MM to emerge. Also in 2004, MM appeared for Windows Mobile setting a parallel track for MM development in both Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. What follows are descriptions of the noteworthy MM that appeared in this time period, including those of the Pre-Genesis era.