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Zumperium zLabs discovered a mobile premium services theft campaign targeting approximately 10 million people worldwide, & the total amount stolen could be well over a hundred million euros.
The Android Trojan named, “FlyTrap” was on since March 2021, & had spread to over 10,000 victims through social media hijacking, 3rd-party app stores, etc.
Popular Android app SHAREit allegedly contains unpatched vulnerabilities that the app maker has failed to fix for more than three months, according to reports. Report: zdnet.com
In a blog post, Malware Bytes said Barcode Scanner had been installed by thousands for long. Then, all of sudden, after an update in December, Barcode Scanner had gone “from an innocent scanner to full on malware.”
When you consider that as many as 500,000 Android users installed many of the infected apps, you’ll understand not only the scale of enormous fraud perpetrated, but also why the players behind Joker are so determined to continue to outwit Google’s security measures.
Security researchers have said an Android malware strain can now extract & steal one-time passcodes (OTP) generated through Google Authenticator. Report. securityaffairs.com