New Android malware was discovered, able to steal money from online banking accounts, and hide SMS notifications coming to confirm financial transactions.
This new malware detected by Dr.Web as the Android.SmsBot.459.origin trojan infects users via SMS spam, which, to be more convincing, in some cases even uses the phone owner's name. The spam SMS message contains a link, which, if opened, will forcibly download the trojan's APK file on the user's device.
The only way to actually get infected is to tap and open the APK file, so if a Web page just downloads an Android app on your phone without asking you anything, don't even think of opening it. Ever!
This new malware detected by Dr.Web as the Android.SmsBot.459.origin trojan infects users via SMS spam, which, to be more convincing, in some cases even uses the phone owner's name. The spam SMS message contains a link, which, if opened, will forcibly download the trojan's APK file on the user's device.
The only way to actually get infected is to tap and open the APK file, so if a Web page just downloads an Android app on your phone without asking you anything, don't even think of opening it. Ever!
