Dr.Web: the virus activity on mobile devices in June

The company presented an overview of Dr.Web virus activity on mobile devices in June of this year. According to her, one of the main dangers is still stealing various personal information, such as account information, SMS-messages, call history, etc. This is used as a malicious Trojan programs and specialized spyware software available on the commercial basis. most notable mobile threat of this kind in the early summer was the Trojan Android.Tempur.1.origin, designed to steal South Korean Android users have a variety of sensitive information including their bank details, information about incoming SMS and committed telephone calls. The malware was distributed by cybercriminals as a part of a special program of carrier detected Antivirus Dr.Web as Android.MulDrop.8.origin, and as a self-apk-package. Trojan Android.Tempur.1.origin interesting because when you install the mobile device as a substitute for legitimate banking applications, imitated their original interface and prompts the user to enter personal information, which is then intercepted together with SMS and information about telephone negotiations to be forwarded to the remote server. As for the commercial spyware applications, among detected in June of this class of programs can distinguish regular updates of known Android-spyware and Android.MobileSpy Android.SpyBubble, a new family of Program.Highster, as well as applications and Program.Stealthgenie Program.Ownspy, working on devices running BlackBerry and iOS, respectively. It is worth noting that the success of Program.Ownspy and similar applications, it is only possible on devices with operation performed jailbreak, ie, having access to the file system. Number of users of the compromised operating system iOS is very large, say ekchperty Dr.Web, so they like spyware can represent a tangible threat. Trojans family Android.SmsSend, sending short messages to premium numbers and perform subscription subscriber account for paid services also continue to be a "headache" of many users of Android-devices. Within a month added to Dr.Web virus database records for several new modifications of these malicious programs, and in the second half of June, the company's specialists was recorded fact of distribution of Trojan Android.SmsSend.465.origin with advertising messages, demonstrated in one of the most popular news sources. When you visit this portal from a mobile device running Android loaded in the browser web page showed a special banner that offers to install the popular game, which is actually a malicious program.