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Trojan:SymbOS/Zitmo.B
Aliases: Trojan-Spy.SymbOS.SmsSpy.b (Kaspersky) SYMBOS/ZeusMitmo.A (Avira) Trojan.SymbOS.ZeusMitmo.A (BitDefender) Symbian.Panda (Dr.Web) Trojan-Spy.SymbOS.SmsSpy (Ikarus) SymbOS/Zbot (McAfee) SymbOS/ZeusMitmo.A (Panda) Troj/Zbotmob-A (Sophos) Trojan.SymbOS.Zitmo.a (Sunbelt Software) SymbOS.Zeusmitmo (Symantec) SYMBOS_ZBOT.A (Trend Micro)
Summary
Trojan:SymbOS/Zitmo.B is a trojan that targets mobile devices running Symbian operating system (SymbOS). This trojan is installed when opening a malicious Software Installation Script (SIS) file that was linked to Zbot(also known as the "Zeus botnet"). The trojan could send sensitive data to a remote Command & Control (C&C) number via Short Message Service (SMS) messaging.