Threat Category: Mobile threats | Page 22

Do you think that installing Linux on an iPod is a waste of time? If you work in an anti-virus company it’s not – you’re preparing the device to play with the first known virus for iPod.

This report examines the evolution of malicious programs for mobile devices during the course of 2006.

A few thoughts

Kaspersky Lab presents the latest quarterly report on malware evolution

Tracking mobile malware proves interesting

The second part of Kaspersky Lab’s latest report provides an overview of mobile malware epidemics and flaws in mobile operating systems

This first part of this latest report from the Kaspersky Virus Lab examines the evolution of malware for mobile devices

At the beginning of 2006, writers of malicious code for mobile devices showed increased activity, they released a whole range of new malicious programs for mobile phones.

Today one of our users told us about a particular program which has been placed on a popular Russian mobile phone site. This program is allegedly designed to ‘steal money from mobile operators’.

The first quarter of 2006 marks a turning point in mobile malware development. The era of quantitative development, with its numerous, but primitive Trojans for Symbian OS has ended.

In the majority of European countries it’s possible to buy a mobile phone for very little money. In effect, the cost of the handset is subsidized by the service provider. However, in many cases, the phone will only work on a specified network.

If the user wants to put in a new SIM card, and…

We’ve just received a new sample – a program called RedBrowser, a Trojan for mobile phones which can run Java applications (JME2).

This latest report continues Kaspersky Lab’s series of quarterly reports on malware and cyber threat evolution.

Cabir attempts to infect Kaspersky Lab employee’s phone

This latest report continues Kaspersky Lab’s sequence of quarterly reports on malware and cyber threat evolution.

Reports

Cloud Atlas attacks the public sector and diplomatic structures of Russia and Belarus, using ReverseSocks, SSH, and Tor for persistence in infected systems and its new tool, PowerCloud.

Kaspersky researchers analyze a range of new PebbleDash-based tools used in recent Kimsuky campaigns and reveal their connection to the AppleSeed malware cluster.

Kaspersky researchers uncovered malicious wheel packages in PyPI that targeted both Windows and Linux and contained a dropper delivering malware dubbed ZiChatBot. We attribute this activity to OceanLotus APT.

Kaspersky researchers analyze updated CoolClient backdoor and new tools and scripts used in HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda or Bronze President) APT campaigns, including three variants of a browser data stealer.

Mobile threats

iNfector for iPod

Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2006: Mobile malware

Apple’s iPhone

Malware Evolution: July – September 2006

Mobile threats – myth or reality?

Mobile Malware Evolution: An Overview, Part 2

Mobile Malware Evolution: An Overview, Part 1

Kaspersky Security Bulletin, January – June 2006: Malicious programs for mobile devices

Mobile phone trojans

News from the Mobile Front

Grey market phones – a security risk

Trojan for handsets which run Java applications

Malware Evolution: October – December 2005

Mobile malware and the Muscovites

Malware Evolution: July – September 2005

Reports

Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload

Kimsuky targets organizations with PebbleDash-based tools

OceanLotus suspected of using PyPI to deliver ZiChatBot malware

HoneyMyte updates CoolClient and deploys multiple stealers in recent campaigns

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