Security News > 2017 > January > Powerful Android RAT impersonates Netflix app (Help Net Security)
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2017-01-26 13:00
Mobile malware peddlers often make their malicious wares look like popular Android apps and push them to users through third-party app stores. The latest example of this is the fake Netflix app spotted by Zscaler researchers. The fake app looks genuine at first glance, as it sports the same icon the actual legitimate Netflix app uses. But once it is installed on a smartphone or tablet and the victim clicks on it, it vanishes from … More →
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