February 19th, 2009 | 
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F-Secure and Fortinet are investigating a newly discovered mobile malware identified as SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm or ?Sexy View?. The malware is affecting S60 3rd Edition series devices, and has a valid certificate signed by Symbian tricking the mobile device user into thinking it?s a legitimate application. In terms of propagation, ?Sexy View? propagates by collecting all the phone numbers from the infected device, and then SMS-es itself to all of them including a link to a web site hosting a copy of it.
SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm is the second mobile malware detected in the wild for 2009, followed by last month?s discovery of Trojan-SMS.Python.Flocker by Kaspersky Labs. A trend, a fad, or opportunists experimenting for mobile malware?s prime time in 2009?…
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