Two years ago, nobody cared about mobile malware. OK, there were a few small outbreaks – but nothing which made its owners money.
InformationWeek now reports the following:
More than 1 million cell phone users in China has been infected with a virus that automatically sends text messages, and the attack is costing users a combined 2 million yuan ($300,000 U.S.) per day.
According to Shanghai Daily, “the ‘zombie’ virus, hidden in a bogus antivirus application, can send the phone user’s SIM card information to hackers, who then remotely control the phone to send URL links.”
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As this product relies purely on social engineering or idiocy, I would not consider it a virus – let’s see when this is combined with an exploit for maximum damage and automatic spreading…
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