What is SMS Trojan?
Aug 31, 2010 at 12:07 am in Telephony by LT contributor
SMS Trojan is a malicious program penetrates smart phones running Android in the guise of a harmless media player application. Dubbed Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, the malware is being used to ring up charges by sending text messages to premium rate numbers. According to Denis Maslennikov, senior malware researcher at Kaspersky Lab, the Trojan passes itself off as a media player named Movie Player.
How it Works?
If users install the malware, it will send SMS messages to two premium-rate numbers, “with each message costing roughly $5. It does this without requiring any confirmation from the device owner.
As per mylookout.com “So far this has only affected Android smartphone users in Russia and only works on Russian networks. As far as we know, there is no indication that this app is in the Android Market.”
Lookout recommended that users review their phone bills for premium SMS messages they did not send. Also, “If you have recently downloaded a media player, check the permissions to ensure [that] it does not have the ability to send SMS messages,” the company added.
Ref :
blog.mylookout.com, eWeek
