The owner of a mobile device, be careful. A dangerous first mobile malware, called ” Sexy View” or “Sexy Space”, recently discovered by the security’s researchers. This malware written specifically for the mobile phone with Symbian OS.
Sexy View first detected six months ago in China. But now the infected payload displays many characteristics of the software botnet PC and more powerful than handheld attacks that have occurred. Sexy View / Space is now able to download and update the SMS template without user intervention – the ability to become a core component of a modern botnet. Because of that Sexy View/Space then currently is categorised as the dangerous threat.
How Sexy View attack? Basically Sexy View made use of the vector of the basic attack that was used by malware was based on PC. Program (known as SymbOS.Exy.C by Symantec) spread via text messages (SMS) that invite readers to download an application that seems safe. The bait here is the sentence “A very sexy girl, Try it now!”.
In the message had a Web address that contained Trojan. If the message is clicked Sexy View automatic installed as a legal application, complete with a certification of the validation from Symbian. However this new application will gather all the details and the list of available contact. The list of your contact was afterwards used to send the SMS to persuade the users ‘fraudulent’ other.
Not only that, this trojan will also take the serial number and phone number of your customers, and send them via Internet to a remote server command-and-control.
Now while this, for the mobile phone with Symbian OS. Be careful if you receive an SMS which provides links to programs that offer sexy women.
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