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A few days ago we encountered a new variant of the Symbian worm, Yxes, that we named SymbOS/Yxes.H!worm. This worm contacts malicious remote servers, which host Java Server Pages, and propagates by sending ‘attractive’ SMS messages. For instance, this new variant sends an SMS with an URL promising private information concerning a Chinese actress. Globally, [...]

There has been a lot of confusion lately concerning the SymbOS/Yxes worm. Among those, it has now dawned on me the so-called Transmitter.C reported in numerous articles on the net (for instance, here and here), is not sexySpace.sisx (detected as SymbOS/Yxes.E!worm): those are two different malware. Why ? As a matter of fact, several issues [...]

In case you are not familiar with the Symbian development process, application development features two major security meatures in Symbian OS 9.1 and greater. First, applications must specify their capabilities, i.e if an application uses Bluetooth connection, it must have the Symbian LocalServices capability. A few other interesting capabilities for malware are: * NetworkServices: required [...]

With February’s Threat Landscape Report out, it’s time to highlight some of the most interesting movement happening from late January 2009 to now: New vulnerabilities (NVC) were up nearly three fold, with 117 posted in comparison to 43 from January’s edition; 25.6% of these new vulnerabilities were detected to be actively exploited. Two new high-profile [...]