"Resilient "SMSZombie" Exploits China Mobile's Payment System - Over 500,000 Android Devices Infected, Firm Says."
Researchers from mobile security firm TrustGo have recently discovered a new, resilient mobile threat targeting Android phones that is said to have infected roughly 500,000 devices, mainly in China.
SMSZombie Android MalwareCalled "SMSZombie", the malware is stubborn and hard to remove, but users outside of China have little to worry about with this latest discovery. The prime function of the mobile malware is to exploit a vulnerability in the mobile payment system used by China Mobile, making it of little value to the fraudsters outside of China.
According to TrustGo, the malware is being spread through online forums and has been found in several packages on China's largest mobile app marketplace, GFan. TrustGo has contacted GFan, but so far, the apps are still readily available and continue to be actively downloaded.
Cataloged as SMSZombie.A, it was first discovered by TrustGo on Aug 8, Jerry Yang, Vice President of Engineering at TrustGo told SecurityWeek on Saturday.
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