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Malware Posing As Official Google Play Store Evades Most Security Checks

Posted by timothy on from the ok-ok-using-ios-doesn't-count dept.

DavidGilbert99 (2607235) writes Mobile malware on Android is nothing new, but now security company FireEye has discovered in the Google Play store a sophisticated piece of malware which is posing as....the official Google Play store. Using the same icon but a different name, the malware is not being detected by the vast majority of security vendors, is difficult to uninstall and steals your messages, security certificates and banking details.

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  1. You mean the malware isn't Google Play itself by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I mean, with the recent dumbing down of fine-grained authorizations when installing apps, it's Google Play itself that feels like a security liability.

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  2. Re:Link? by DavidGilbert99 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the link: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/malwa... I submitted it to Slashdot but it failed to publish it.