Stories about: SMS Trojan  

Experts from security firm Webroot have analyzed this campaign

Doctor Web experts have analyzed this piece of malware

The bogus app is designed to send SMS messages to premium rate numbers

The malware he created has infected the devices of 17,000 users

Cybercriminals can earn as much as $5 (4 EUR) for each time their apps are installed

Olympics logos are still utilized to lure victims to malicious websites

The number of malicious elements is much higher than anyone predicted

The malware uses a remote payload to remain undetected on the app market

The malware is designed to send SMS spam to all the numbers from the victim's contact list

Users may be tricked into installing the fake app multiple times

The SMS interception routine was found to be different in the analyzed sample

A number of sites have been found to host the malicious SMS Trojan

After it installs itself on a phone, it starts sending SMSs to premium numbers

Another scheme part of OpFake surfaces to target Android users

A SMS-sending Trojan quickly makes its way onto the devices of unsuspecting users

They managed to defraud users of $134,000 (100,000 EUR)

A Trojan drops a cocktail of malicious elements that target Android devices