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Malicious Banking Apps in Google Play Target Brazilian Android Users - SC Magazine

November 20, 2014

Malicious Banking Apps in Google Play Target Brazilian Android Users - SC Magazine

SC Magazine by Teri Robinson

Two malicious applications designed to seem like local banking apps and targeting Brazilian Android users were recently found in Google Play, according to blog post from Kaspersky Lab.

Saying that the advent of the first trojan banker “by Brazilian bad guys was predictable," researchers noted that a “bag guy” going by the name of Governo Federal published the apps, which are named after two large Brazilian banks. Read more.

Malicious Banking Apps in Google Play Target Brazilian Android Users - SC Magazine

Malicious Banking Apps in Google Play Target Brazilian Android Users - SC Magazine
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