Expensive malware appears for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile
"Malware embedded into legitimate-looking games designed for Windows Mobile has appeared, automatically dialing up foreign telephone services to rig up hundreds of dollars in illicit charges for users behind their backs," Prince McLean reports for AppleInsider.
"The discovery, reported by John Hering of the Lookout security firm, was covered in a report by Reuters, which inaccurately described the malware a 'virus' and misleadingly referred to the exploit as being orchestrated by 'hackers,'" McLean reports. "In reality, the malware was simply the product of malicious mobile software developers who misrepresented their work as safe, and distributed it through 'sites that provide legitimate software for mobile devices.'"
