Researchers at Trend Micro have announced the discovery of the first known Android Trojan running on Google’s Android OS smartphones.
According the Trend Micro, the malware is disguised as a Windows Media Player icon attempts to send text messages via the Short Message Service Center (SMSC). Similair to the Symbian malware that posed as a application that also sent text messages, this new piece of malware obtains permission from the function (android.permission.SEND_SMS) to sent it messages.
According to Trend Micro:
According to advanced threats researcher Ivan Macalintal, the payload of this attack is not new since in the past, we’ve seen mobile threats that perform the same fraudulent routines. “This income-generating scheme is a low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals. What makes it unique is the use of Android as the targeted platform and, with the increasing popularity and usage of Android, we can expect more malicious code served up in that alley.”
Trend Micro products detect this as TROJ_DROIDSMS.A.