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Articles tagged with: Kaspersky and Malware
"The growth rate in malware within Android is huge; in the future there will definitely be more," Grebennikov said. Kaspersky will offer security on Android in the third quarter of this year. more
Mobile Virus Threats Double Over 16 Month Period
Anti-virus software vendor, kaspersky Lab says that the number of malicious programs targeting mobile devices has more than doubled between August 2009 and December 2010. In 2010, over 65% more new threats targeting mobile devices were detected than in the previous year; and over 1,000 variants from 153 different families of mobile threats were included in kaspersky Lab's databases by the end of 2010. more
Related Tags: kaspersky-lab, virus, trojan
Virus Writers Target Android Smartphones
A malicious application has been detected that forces Android OS based smartphones to send premium rate SMS messages to a set of preprogrammed numbers. Anti-virus vendor, kaspersky Lab detected the Trojan-SMS, named Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, it has already infected a number of mobile devices. more
Related Tags: premium-rate-sms, android, kaspersky-lab, os, trojan, premium-rate, target
Symbian Virus Targets Mobile Banking Service
Anti-virus vendor, kaspersky Lab says that it has detected a new malicious program capable of controlling a user's mobile phone account. Last week, kaspersky Lab experts detected the new malicious program for Symbian that targets customers of an Indonesian mobile phone operator. more
Related Tags: sms, smartphone, edge, symbian, kaspersky-lab, fraud, trojan, Indonesia
The Calm Before the Storm for Mobile Viruses
The anti-virus software house, kaspersky Lab has released its latest quarterly report. Alexander Gostev, kaspersky Lab's Senior Virus Analyst, described this period as 'the calm before the storm'. In the period under review, there were there were only a few pieces of mobile malware which stood out from the mass of primitive Skuller- like Trojans: Comwar 3.0, Mobler.a, and Acallno. more
Related Tags: mms, bluetooth, virus, symbian, worm, kaspersky-lab, trojan
kaspersky Lab has published the first part of its latest analytical report on mobile viruses and malware. Data shows that the number and scale of mobile worm outbreaks is rapidly increasing. Whereas two years ago the discovery of each new malicious program for mobile phones was a notable event, in 2006 kaspersky Lab has added an average of 10 Trojans for Symbian OS to its antivirus databases every week. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, symbian, worm, kaspersky-lab, os
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