Symbian S60 Phones at Risk, Malware Steals Money

Techtree.com India > News > Consumer Electronics > Symbian S60 Phones at Risk, Malware Steals Money: "The current version of the malware targets users belonging to an Indonesian mobile operator. What the program does is to send an automated text message authorizing the transfer of credits from one account to another. Of course, the 'another' account belongs to the fraudsters. The program transfers amounts to the tune of $0.45 to $0.90 per text message. The earlier versions of this program traced its origins back to Russia. After a lull of some years, fraudsters in Indonesia seem to have fancied their chances by developing this new 'customized for Indonesia' version of the software."