Mobile Smartphone Users Targeted by Trojans

McAfee has an article on Symbian mobile users in China being targeted with a Trojan that targets users of the QQ network. (QQ is a very popular Instant Messaging network in China). McAfee notes that the Trojan contains a number of different pieces of malware. Also, they note that it was written to make a profit, not to forward the notoriety of the hacker. McAfee also has some information on a Trojan targeting Windows CE devices that was recently discovered as well. The software, WinCE/InfoJack, was created to report information about the phone's OS and version back to a website. It also disables some of the phone's security, allowing unsigned applications to install without warning. With the growing popularity of smart mobile phones, this activity will only increase. Users should be careful where they download software and applications from. If you get any suspicious SMS messages to your phone, don't start clicking the links.