The past month was full also of the threat facing Android device. In the middle of the month specialists. Safety Doctor Web discovered for example. Android.BankBot.21.origin dangerous program that steals data from bank cards of users of smartphones and tablets running Android.
For this purpose, Trojan mimics authorized bank card used for the transaction by customers on Google Play and sends captured data thus criminals. What’s more, Android.BankBot.21.origin collects other confidential information, including all incoming SMS, and at the behest of cybercriminals may even secretly send short messages.
It is worth mentioning that in July the virus Dr. Web has been added Android.Locker. The new threat from a ‘ransomeware’, named by experts from Doctor Web Android.Locker.19.origin has been prevalent in the United States. It works by blocking the affected devices and the requirement to pay for his release. The virus severely limits the functionality of the infected device practically preventing the user from any action. Therefore, as experts warn of Doctor Web, get rid of the malicious software is a very difficult task.
The aim of the attacks recently became the South Koreans, especially the users of Android. Over the past month, analysts from Doctor Web registered more than 120 incidents where users receiving spam messages that contained a link from Trojan, wymierzonym the holders of Android devices. The most common threats distributed via spam messages, malware contained Android.SmsBot.121.origin, Android.Banker.28.origin, Android.MulDrop.20.origin, Android.MulDrop.19.origin, Android.SmsSpy.65. origin, Android.SmsSpy.78.originoraz Android.MulDrop.14.origin.
Source: Doctor Web
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