Researchers at the website Russia Today ads discovered that spread dangerous Android malware. Once users with an Android device visiting the site will be automatically downloaded the apk file. It is a banking Trojan that steals online banking information.
According to the Russian anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab, the ads through AdSense displayed. However, users must take several steps before they become infected. After the automatic download, the user must open include the file itself. By default, Android now see a message that no apps can be installed from unknown sources.
The user will now have to enable this in the settings and then again the file, which he himself has not downloaded, open. The app will now ask for administrator privileges. If the user has completed all these steps, the malware is active. Which can steal card data via phishing windows and forward and delete SMS messages with authorization codes. Additionally collects malware, which operates mainly in Russia, all sorts of other things as text messages, contacts and Belgian history.
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