New Android Malware Replaces Legitimate Banking Apps With Malicious Copies to Bypass Security Checks
A newly identified Android banking Trojan called Hirudo takes an unusual route to financial fraud: it tries to remove a victim’s genuine banking app and install a modified copy in its place. The replacement keeps the bank app’s name and version, but contains extra code designed to interfere with security checks. Instead of relying only […] The post New Android Malware Replaces Legitimate Banking Apps With Malicious Copies to Bypass Security Checks appeared first on Cyber Security News .
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