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23.01.2008 New SymbianOS Worm Spreading In the Wild
The worm, deemed Beselo is able to run on several Symbian S60 enabled devices. These devices include, but may not be limited to, Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72
After an installation phase, the worm engages in a propagation routine. Phone numbers located in the contact list of the devices are harvested, and targeted by a viral MMS carrying a SIS-packed (Symbian Installation Source) version of the worm. However, the SIS file does not bear a .sis file extension - rather, it is disguised as a multimedia file with an evocative name: either Beauty.jpg, Sex.mp3 or Love.rm.
Users may know they have been infected if they see unrecognized sent messages in their MMS outboxes (the device needs to be configured to save such messages).
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