Security alert: SpamSoldier

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Security alert: SpamSoldier
Botnet	SpamSoldier
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
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Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
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Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2012 / 2012-12-17
Editor/Conference	Lookout
Link	https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2012/12/17/security-alert-spamsoldier/ blog.lookout.com (blog.lookout.com Archive copy)
Author	Derek Halliday
Type

Abstract

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Background

On December 3, in cooperation with one of our carrier partners, Lookout identified SpamSoldier, a spammer botnet agent that uses infected phones to send a barrage of SMS spam messages without the user’s consent.

Summary

All Lookout users are protected against this family of malware, and it appears that the distribution remains relatively limited. Even at these limited distribution levels, SpamSoldier still has the potential to make a big impact at a network level: a single prolonged infection could result in thousands of SMS spam messages.

Bibtex

 @misc{2012BFR1273,
   editor = {Lookout},
   author = {Derek Halliday},
   title = {Security alert: SpamSoldier},
   date = {17},
   month = Dec,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2012/12/17/security-alert-spamsoldier/ blog.lookout.com}},
 }