After infecting millions of computers, Zeus is here to infect mobile phones. Basically Zeus is a banking Trojan which mainly targets Windows machines and users. Now Zeus is spreading towards the mobile phone users.
Recently researchers unveiled a new malware named as SymbOS/Zitmo. Which actually is the famous Zeus malware. Zeus for mobile phones is designed to stop and redirect the SMS which bank sends for the confirmation of online banking. Hackers can get a chance to approve all the transaction by themselves.
You can be a victim of Zeus by clicking an unknown or malicious link or by getting a spam email. After clicking any malicious link you are redirected to a website having malware. Zues then shows a windows, asking you to enter your mobile phone number. Then this malware use your credentials to send an SMS, that SMS have some rouge. Then, Zeus keeps the track of your incoming SMS and opens backdoor to snatch your credentials.
Most of the technology blogs are showing the process of this new and ongoing malware attack, but CNET has given the good quality post about Zeus mobile phone attack. Meanwhile mobile phone users are advised to keep the track of their bank accounts and mobile phone credits.
via [CNET]
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