Security News > 2018 > September > Bogus finance apps on Google Play target users worldwide
2018-09-19 13:30
ESET researchers have discovered malicious apps impersonating various financial services and the Austrian cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda on Google Play. The fake apps Uploaded to Google’s official app store in June 2018 and collectively downloaded and installed over a thousand times, upon launch the apps would immediately request the user to enter credit card details and/or login credentials to the targeted bank or service. The entered information would then be sent to the attacker’s server, and … More → The post Bogus finance apps on Google Play target users worldwide appeared first on Help Net Security.
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