Danger from the Play Store: malware should empty accounts
Since it is actually assumed that no malware is foisted on Google’s official Play Store, the app has already been downloaded and installed several times. To what extent this also happened in Europe has not yet been clarified.
SharkBot can send money from bank accounts via automatic transfer systems. Touches, clicks and keystrokes were simulated on infiltrated devices and this is how the transactions are said to have been possible. However, it is said that only in a few cases was it actually possible to capture money.
Unfortunately, this again shows that malware developers still find it too easy to bypass Google’s automatic protection measures. The app has since been removed, but anyone who has installed the app called “Antivirus, Super Cleaner” by Zbynek Adamcik should delete it immediately!
This content first appeared on Schmidti’s blog.