Android has been hitting the news since past a year or so. Now, android devices have a loop hole found in them. Security firm Zscalar has discovered a new malware that is capable of monitoring texts, browsing history and banking information. The malware, masquerades as an update for Chrome browser. This malware is hosted on webpages and is designed to look as a page of Google or officially belonging to android.
The malware is designed to monitor the the call logs, browsing history, text messages and banking information. Once this malware is installed, it sends the logs to a remote control server. Whats even more shocking is that this malware can find out whether your device has an anti virus installed or not. Also it can terminate such apps and evade detection. Once the malware has entered your device and you open the play store, a popup would be generated asking you to enter your credit card details. If you enter the details, these details would further be forwarded to some remote server which is still not known.
Although, the malware can be easily removed on factory reset of your device.
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