[pchelpers] News:Zombie builders send out phone texts

By  Tom Espiner,  ZDNet (UK)
Published on ZDNet News: June 23, 2006, 2:13 PM PT

Hackers are trying to lure people to a malicious Web site using cell 
phone text messages, a security company has warned.

The blended attack uses social engineering techniques in its attempt to 
trick people to the site, security vendor Websense said in an advisory. 
An SMS text message is sent to the targets' cell phones, thanking them 
for subscribing to a fictitious dating service. The message states that 
they will be automatically charged a fee of $2.00 per day via their 
phone bill, unless their subscription is cancelled online.

The same message has also been sent multiple times to the comments 
section of numerous bulletin boards, Websense said. The attack began on 
Thursday in the U.S. and was first detected by Sunbelt Software, a 
security software vendor, Websense said.

Once victims visit the purported dating site to unsubscribe, they are 
prompted to download a Trojan horse program. (A Trojan horse is 
malicious software that disguises itself as another kind of 
application.) The attackers provide instructions on how to bypass 
security warnings in Internet Explorer, Websense said.
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