The Register has an article on the first trojan for Symbian phones. Apparently a pirated copy of the game Mosquitos 2.0 has an SMS sending trojan attached. It appears to be distributed via various p2p networks and pirated software sharing forums.
I have now accuired a sample.
The trojan appears to have been released earlier this year, perhaps in February. The team at Airscanner have written a preliminary analysis of the trojan for InformIT. No sharing :(
Airscanner's analysis makes a good point that the game does not require any SMS capability. It is odd that the necessary libraries are imported by the binary. Possibility of warez deterrent?
Interesting SMS numbers, no?
Symbian has posted a press release covering the Mosquito trojan.
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