Thursday, July 14, 2011

Zeus Banking Trojan Hits Android Phones


Zeus crimeware creators adapt Zitmo malware, disguised as a banking activation application, to steal financial details from Android users.

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The Trojan spyware application known as Zitmo, which is designed to steal people's financial data, has now been altered to target devices running the Android mobile operating system. "The malware poses as a banking activation application," said Axelle Apvrille, a senior antivirus analyst and researcher for Fortinet, in a blog post. "In the background, it listens to all incoming SMS messages and forwards them to a remote web server." read more

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