Zeus Trojan attacks intensified on mTANs


The anti-virus vendor Kaspersky has seen new copies of the Zeus Trojan Apps for Android and BlackBerry, which are after one thing: mobile TANs for online banking. The aim of the attacks are mainly users of Germany, Spain and Italy.
The procedure is basically still the same as its predecessors: the starting point of an infection of the smartphone is infected with the Zeus Trojan (Windows) PC. The discharged into the open for online banking web site, for example, type a message that would have to secure the smartphones where new certificates will be installed. The alleged certificates or security updates are available via download or even sent directly via MMS to the phone number entered by the user. Once installed on the phone directs the Trojans secretly, but the app SMS messages with the mTANs of a number abroad continue, with the current versions in Sweden.
The new Trojan versions for Android and Blackberry - Kaspersky speaks of "Zeus in the Mobile," short ZitMo - apparently serve mainly to the systematic development of the functionality. Still it lags slightly behind the Android version that Windows Mobile, Symbian and Blackberry behind (an iPhone counterpart has not been sighted). It shall not appear to selectively mTAN only the messages of the bank, but all text message to the Lord and Master more

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