52 different trojans found in mobile games

From Mobile9.com

A record number of 52 different Trojans have been found in varous Symbian S60 games, announced anti-virus specialist Simworks today. Although the actual threat is still relatively low, because the user would have to manually download the game to the phone first to become infected, Simworks urges S60 users to be extra careful in respect to downloading games and applications and never to accept any files from unknow sources or crack sites.
A list of files currently known to be infected is available from Slashphone.

The trojans appear to be cracked versions of popular Symbian applications such as BitStorm, BugMe!, Cosmic Fighter, 3D Motoracer and SplashID. In addition to the installation files for the application itself, the files also include various versions of previously known malware such as Cabir and Locknut. SimWorks CEO Aaron Davidson says “This is a significant development as until now we’ve usually found mobile trojans two or three at a time at the most. It would be easy for a malware writer to create 1 trojan and give it 52 different names however this is not the case here where we have 52 separately cracked and infected applications. Somebodyhas gone to an awful lot of time and effort to turn these outâ€?. SimWorks has yet to receive any reports of the 52 trojans identified today in the wild.

The increasing number of Trojans available is reason to worry though. It is not unthinkable that somebody would develop one to read data from a phone one day, or to make calls from a phone one day. Be sure to only accept files from trusted sources at all times.