ANALYSTS SEE ALARMING DEVELOPMENT IN MOBILE MALWARE
July 20, 2009
Sandy G.
By Jeremy Kirk, ComputerWorld
The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor says signals the arrival of mobile botnets.
Trend Micro has analyzed a piece of mobile malware known as “Sexy Space,” which is a variant of another piece of mobile malware called Sexy View, which targets devices running the Symbian S60 OS.
Sexy View, which was detected by vendors such as F-Secure six months ago, is significant because it is the first known malware sample that spreads by SMS (Short Message Service). It appeared initially in China.
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bringbackpluto | August 6, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Hey Sandy,
Now that’s interesting! Thanks for the useful info.
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