Java Dialers that affect your mobile bill

Do you think porn on your phone is cute? So do the hackers! After taking a long hiatus, trojan dialers that can rack up thousands of dollars in charges are back by popular demand.

According to researchers at CA Security’s malware analysis lab, a new wave of malicious dialers is hitting users of mobile phones. The trojans are built on the Java 2 Micro Edition programming language and cause infected handsets to send SMS messages to high-cost numbers, at great expense to the victim.

How it works

As soon as the application is loaded, this malicious software starts to send premium text messages.

These trojan dialers automatically dials pricey premium numbers,They where all the rage a decade ago when dial-up internet services required computers to connect to a phone line. With the growth of broadband connections the frequency of dialers waned. Now they have made a comeback but this time not on your PC but on your phone!

Which phones are venerable?

Symbian based phones such as Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Blackberry as well..

Java 2 Micro programs run on Nokia, Blackberries

How do you avoid this Trojan?

Kindly exercise caution while downloading mobile applications from the Internet and refrain from using any that come from a non-trusted source.

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