Mobile threats

A few days ago, users who frequent some of the Russian websites that distribute software for smartphones and PDAs started complaining that virtually every new CAB file (i.e., Windows Mobile installation archives) contained two ‘extra’ executable files

New version of ZeuS in the Mobile (now also for Windows Mobile) appeared. ZeuS in the Mobile for Blackberry devices has just been discovered.

A new version of the Android Market has just been launched, making it possible for every device owner to remotely install apps to an Android device directly from the browser on a desktop computer.

Ryan Naraine talks to mobile malware researcher Denis Denis Maslennikov about the mobile malware landscape.

The monthly FakePlayer Trojan for Android phones

New Android SMS Trojan (Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.b) now being delivered via SEO techniques

Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a passes itself off as a media player application. The malware sends SMS messages to two premium rate numbers 3353 and 3354, with each message costing approximately $5.

The features of malicious programs for mobile devices continue to expand: the first malicious program for mobile phones has been detected that steals logins and passwords for the Russian-language social networking site VKontakte.

Twitter for iPhone ™ and unexpected malicious results leading to Trojan Banker to steal on-line bank credentials of the victims!

TSince 27 March a new game called 3D Antiterrorist has been cropping up on quite a few international freeware sites offering downloads for Windows Mobile smartphones.

More on Yxe

Worm.SymbOS.Yxe is the first malicious program for Symbian S60 3rd edition with a valid digital signature. Today we detected a new variant, Worm.SymbOS.Yxe.e, which also has a valid digital signature.

2009 was the latest milestone both in the history of malware and in the history of cybercrime, with a marked change in direction in both areas. This year laid the foundation of what we will see in the future.

I blogged a week ago about a Trojan for mobile devices called Sejweek. We’ve just detected a new version – what’s changed in the course of a week?

Occasionally something comes along that stands out a bit: right now, it’s Trojan-SMS.WinCE.Sejweek.a, a new program designed to send SMS messages from an infected device.