Another SMS Trojan Appears on Android Phones

9 September 2010, 1:19 pm

Kaspersky Labs first announced its detection of what appeared to be the first of several SMS Trojans on Google’s Android operating system on August 9th. The application released in Russian markets outside of Google’s Android Market, was disguised as a media player. Once installed, the code would send 3 premium SMS messages, effectively transferring the US equivalent of ~$18 from the user to the ...... Read More »

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