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3-in-1 Android Malware Acts As Ransomware, Banking Trojan and Info Thief

Posted by timothy on from the now-how-much-would-you-pay? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Why stop at asking ransom for encrypted files when you can also steal personal info, passwords, online banking credentials and credit card details, and sell it or use it to get even more money? Palo Alto researchers have recently analyzed Xbot, a Trojan that is capable of doing all the aforementioned things, and have found it mimicking 22 different Android apps.

2 of 25 comments (clear)

  1. Plus ça change.... by Bearhouse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The actual article is here:

    http://researchcenter.paloalto...

  2. Banking info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it steals banking info, it should automatically log in to your bank and pay the ransom itself.