News: SMS trojan steals from Android users

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"A Trojan posing as a media playerfor Android smartphones automatically sends text messages to premiumrate numbers, according to Kaspersky Lab. Company officials say theTrojan, dubbed Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, is the first of itskind for the Android platform, even though SMS Trojans are currently themost widespread type of malware on mobile phones."

Posted by Ted Mc at 19 Aug 2010, 9:51 PM
Categories: Security, Smartphones, Android, News - Mobile, News
Tags: virus internet news malware trojan Android news - mobile
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