The latest report from the company Panda is clear that the market is at least a few thousand phones HTC Magic, who have been infected by malicious software, thus becoming part of a botnet Mariposa. The whole thing is so curious that it comes to phones sold by the Spanish branch of Vodafone. According to the company, the sale of cells infected with harmful software is … “isolated incidents”.
Mariposa botnet has been disposed of by the Spanish police. The network was used to steal information such as data on access to bank accounts, social networks, or credit cards. According to specialists in its software, hackers infected over 13 million computers … and cells derived directly from the showrooms. But that’s not all.
In addition to the software to connect to the Mariposa, specialists found a worm Confikcer phones, and games that were used to steal passwords from your phone. Malicious software was on microSD Card. Representatives of Vodafone announce that they have taken steps to mitigate the risks. HTC Magic Users receive a new memory card, are also alerted to the threat. Authorities recommend to scan phone anti-virus software.