Researchers spot first mobile spyware

Vikingod · Dec 7, 2006, 07:54 PM

Source: vnunet
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Researchers at McAfee claim to have found the first spyware application that targets the Symbian operating system for mobile phones.

The spyware application comes bundled with a variant of the MultiDropper mobile phone Trojan. McAfee refers to the new online pest as SymbOS/MultiDropper.CG.

The malware tracks text messages and copies log files with the phone number of incoming and outbound phone calls.

"Although SymbOS/MultiDropper.CG does not appear to be a winner, it does signify a probable switch in malware authors' goals," Jimmy Shah, a mobile antivirus researcher at McAfee, noted on a company blog. "Rather than destroying data and information, it is stealing it for profit."

Dec 7, 2006, 07:54 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Researchers spot first mobile spyware Source: vnunet ___________ Researchers at McAfee claim to have found the first spyware application that targets the Symbian operating system for mobile phones. The spyware application comes bundled with a variant of the MultiDropper mobile phone Trojan. McAfee refers to the new online pest as SymbOS/MultiDropper.CG. The malware tracks text messages and copies log files with the phone number of incoming and outbound phone calls. "Although SymbOS/MultiDropper.CG does not appear to be a winner, it does signify a probable switch in malware authors' goals," Jimmy Shah, a mobile antivirus researcher at McAfee, noted on a company blog. "Rather than destroying data and information, it is stealing it for profit."