Mosquito Trojan: Copy Protection Gone Wrong

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: August 13, 2004 9:53:25 PM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: Mosquito Trojan: Copy Protection Gone Wrong


Mosquito Trojan: Copy Protection Gone Wrong

By Erika Morphy
Wireless NewsFactor
August 12, 2004 3:36PM

A new smartphone Trojan, which is disguised as a cracked version of a
game called "Mosquitos," delivers a nasty sting in the form of a very
expensive phone bill. The Trojan was not originally a Trojan at all
but a copy-prevention mechanism placed by Ojum, the developer of the
Mosquito game.

Antivirus firms are reporting a new twist to the recent Trojan
dialer for the Nokia Series 60 smartphones. As it turns out,
security experts are saying, the Trojan was not originally a Trojan
at all but a copy-prevention mechanism placed by Ojum, the developer
of the Mosquito game. The only problem is, it went awry and began
calling premium numbers.

It is an unexpected plot twist to what has become a depressingly
routine story of malware infecting an operating system.

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http://wireless.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=26310

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