First it was Apple...
Now it's Android...
Cloud security vendor Zscaler says customers of Google’s Play Store have downloaded more than 19 million instances of malware-laden apps that evaded the web giant’s security scans.
Zscaler’s ThreatLabz spotted and reported 77 apps containing malware, many of them purporting to be utilities or personalization tools.
Many contained an updated version of the Anatsa banking trojan, malware that first appeared in 2020. The latest build includes a keylogger for password collection, SMS interception capabilities, and anti-detection tools. Zscaler thinks it’s being used to target 831 financial institutions globally, including both crypto exchanges and regular banks.
Full article, HERE from The Register, h/t Borepatch!
Ouch... and all this stuff is getting by Google's vaunted 'malware detector'...
If I were you, I'd be careful of what apps I downloaded.
Just sayin...
Well Amazon just pulled most all of their apps last week. So I lost my Solitaire game.
The easiest way to prevent this is to require apps to submit the CODE and pay for a Code Review, then after someone from Google has looked at it, Google compiles it.
Would put an end to all of it right there.
I'm grateful that I keep my phone as dumb as possible.