ID: IRCNE2011101270
Date: 2011-10-02
According to "zdnet", The growing popularity of Quick Response (QR codes) on smart phones has officially become a new distribution vehicle for malware on Android devices.
According to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab, hackers are are using QR codes posted on web sites to redirect smart phones to other sites hosting an Android trojan.
Once a user scans the QR code (using special apps), the code redirects them to a site that will install a Trojan on their phones.
Denis Maslennikov reports that the malware itself is a Trojanized Jimm application which sends several SMS messages.
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