The Selfmite Android SMS worm is back, and this new version is both more dangerous and more widespread that the initial one.
AdaptiveMobile researchers, who discovered both versions, call it "Selfmite on Steroids," and have tracked it in Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Russia, Sudan, Syria, USA, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
"Selfmite.b infects many more users, uses several monetisation techniques and is generally more dangerous and difficult to stop," they noted.
As before, the infection circle starts with users receiving SMS messages touting the greatness of an app. "Hi buddy, try this, its amazing u know," and "Hey, try it, its very fine," they say, and include a shortened link.
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