This Android malware steals data disguised as postal service messages

Updated : Jul 06, 2020 16:48
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Editorji News Desk

A more dangerous and powerful malware has resurfaced after three years that targets Android devices using SMS phishing messages to steal confidential information. FakeSpy uses messages that are designed to look like those from legitimate postal and delivery services all over the world. Clicking on such links downloads malicious code onto the Android device that installs the FakeSpy malware. Once users open the infected app and grant permissions, it steals valuable information, such as phone number, financial data, bank login information, app data, contact lists, and more. Researchers suspect a Chinese group, called “Roaming Mantis”, to be behind the attack.

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