Cell Phone Users: We are Phishing You Next!!

by Razib Ahmed

Anyone using Internet through their laptop or desktop computer are sick and tired of spyware, adware, worms, trojans etc etc. And then we have phishiing. Almost everyday, I receive an email from phishers pretending to be officials of e-Bay or some banks that I never had any account. Until now, mobile phone users were more or less from such attacks. However, the bad guys have decided that they would not let mobile phone users remain in peace anymore. I am quoting from a report of SCMagazine:

Affected users receive short message service (SMS) text messages alerting them of impending fee charges for a dating service.
If victims go to the URL promoted in the malicious text message with a PC or mobile, they are prompted to download a trojan that turns the PC into a zombie.
Unknowing users, fearful of running up hefty phone bills, could be scared into visiting the malicious site, according to the posting on the McAfee Avert Labs blog by David Rayhawk, mobile threat researcher.
Although such attacks are nuisance for mobile users now, they could become a substantial threat for enterprises, McAfee warned.
Rayhawk said today that SMS messages are, in some ways, more likely to attract users to a malicious site than email.

So, be careful about this matter. In fact, it is always wise not to click on any link coming from an unknown source. At the same time, please visit blogs like this one that are about mobile phone to get latest information about mobile phone security. The only way to tackle this problem is to know about the dangers first.