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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
First trojan hitting Java phones
Considering you have to approve sending of SMS, it's easy to avoid the premium SMS charges this fake browser application (called redbrowser) generates.
I sense this is inspired by and leveraging on the Opera Browser, that 100k's of users trust.
This is the flip side of the Java coin: As users get more accustomed to downloading (often free) software to their phone and relying on the applications to behave gentleman-like, many users might accept warnings about SMS charges etc before checking if the application is really legit.
Trojan targets basic Java phones | Channel Register
I sense this is inspired by and leveraging on the Opera Browser, that 100k's of users trust.
This is the flip side of the Java coin: As users get more accustomed to downloading (often free) software to their phone and relying on the applications to behave gentleman-like, many users might accept warnings about SMS charges etc before checking if the application is really legit.
Trojan targets basic Java phones | Channel Register
