The ZeuS Trojan attack is now affecting BlackBerry devices and has infected many worldwide, according to Trend Micro, a security research firm. Vanishing after being installed, the Trojan, specifically known as BBOS_ZITMO.B, primarily hijacks the SMS ability of the BlackBerry device, after sending an “App Installed OK” message to a botnet administrator in the United Kingdom.
When infected, the BlackBerry devices can perform a list of operations as commanded by the botnet administrator, as listed below, none of which can be directly observed by the phone’s user. To be noted, is that even if tracked down and blocked, the administrator can always forward the command privileges to a new administrator number, with the Set Administrator command.
When infected, the BlackBerry devices can perform a list of operations as commanded by the botnet administrator, as listed below, none of which can be directly observed by the phone’s user. To be noted, is that even if tracked down and blocked, the administrator can always forward the command privileges to a new administrator number, with the Set Administrator command.
- Display SMS
- Delete/Drop SMS
- Forward SMS
- Block Calls
- Remove Block Calls
- Set Administrator
- On/Off
- Add Sender
- Remove Sender
- Set Sender
- Block/Unblock Phone Numbers
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