Money-stealing mobile trojan surfaces in China
Security researchers from McAfee have identified a trojan that attempts to extort money from owners of Symbian-based smartphones in China.
After being downloaded onto the user's smartphone, the malicious software, which McAfee has dubbed Kiazha.A, deletes any SMS messages and threatens to shut the phone down unless the user sends 50 yuan (about $7) to the malware author. The trojan asks the user to pay via QQ coins, a virtual currency used in the popular Chinese QQ instant messaging network, David Marcus, the security research and communications manager at McAfee's Avert Labs, told SCMagazineUS.com on Wednesday.
