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First Symbian S60 3rd Edition malware Trojan SymbOS/Yxe.A Spotted

Trojan SymbOS/Yxe.A  has been identified as the first malware to infect the Symbian S60 3rd Edition platform. While Trojan SymbOS/Yxe.A is still undergoing analysis at F-Secure, its known to use encryption and might be used for spam sms apart from lot of other things.

As per Patrik Runald, F-Secure’s chief security officer. “This is the first malware for the Symbian S60 3rd Edition phones” he says. “It’s definitely in the wild, and probably originated in China, where it’s infecting phones.”

SymbOS/Yxe.A attempts to use social-engineering tricks, like portraying itself as a game application or using sex images as a lure. Runald points out that victims are being fooled into installing it manually.

While the analysis is still on, questions related to signing of application have already started floating on various forums. It appears that someone stole a Symbian-issued certificate to create malware that would run on the platform. For a application to run, it needs to be signed.

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