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Android cyber threats use fake update alerts
Security firm Trusteer says a variation of the SpyEye Trojan is the newest threat to devices running Google\'s Android operating system.
A new threat to your agency’s Android devices looks a lot like an old threat, SC Magazine reports.
Security firm Trusteer says a variation of the SpyEye Trojan is the newest threat to devices running Google’s Android operating system.
The new version is called SpitMo. The security firm F-Secure discovered it, in April.
SpitMo tells the user to download an security update app that turns out to be fake. That app tells the user to call a number to get an activation code. That call is re-routed, though, and the caller gets a fake activation code that allows hackers to intercept text messages.
The Trojan imposes templated fields on targeted banks’ web pages requesting that customers fill in a cellphone number and the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number of the device, a unique signature for that specific phone.
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