Detect date
06/08/2016
Class
Trojan-SMS
Platform
AndroidOS

Parent class: TrojWare

Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions which are not authorized by the user: they delete, block, modify or copy data, and they disrupt the performance of computers or computer networks. Unlike viruses and worms, the threats that fall into this category are unable to make copies of themselves or self-replicate. Trojans are classified according to the type of action they perform on an infected computer.

Class: Trojan-SMS

Programs of this type are used to send text messages from infected mobile devices to premium rate numbers that are hard code into the Trojan’s body.

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Platform: AndroidOS

Android is an open-source operating system developed by Google for mobile devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and watches. Based on a Linux kernel and the Dalvik virtual machine (older versions) / Android Runtime environment (newer versions).

Description

Malware of this family detects the user's mobile operator (Beeline, MegaFon, MTS) and sends an SMS message with information about the device owner (phone number, device model, operating system version) to a short number. This malware is disguised as the EroPlayer app.

Top 10 countries with most attacked users (% of total attacks)

1
Russian Federation
96.31%
2
Ukraine
0.76%
3
China
0.36%
4
Uzbekistan
0.31%
5
Belarus
0.28%
6
Italy
0.28%
7
Tajikistan
0.25%
8
Kazakhstan
0.23%
9
India
0.20%
10
Germany
0.15%
* Percentage among all unique Kaspersky users worldwide attacked by this malware

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