Posted on Apr 14, 2017

Android Trojan Targeting Over 420 Banking Apps Worldwide Found On Google Play Store

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Beware of apps related to humor; the BankBot springs into action when the victim opens any of the mobile apps from a pre-configured list of 425 banking apps. A complete list of banks a BankBot variant is currently imitating can be found on the blog post published by the researcher here:
https://securify.nl/blog/SFY20170401/banking_malware_in_google_play_targeting_many_new_apps.htm

Android Trojan Targeting Over 420 Banking Apps Worldwide Found On Google Play Store

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PO3 Steven Sherrill

Posted 8 y ago

The scariest thing about it, is that it hasn't been removed by Google. I am a firm believer that even if untrue, Google should remove an app reported as Malware until they can verify that there is no malicious code in the app.

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