Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
and with Android 15 delivering the safest, most secure version of Android there has ever beenshows in frightening detail. The report will be published on Tuesday, but its findings are here first. You should not update your apps until you have read this.
The attack starts with an email—a job offer for example, which tricks a victim into installing a relevant app to complete the application process. That app is a dropper which then downloads a malware-laced app that will then infect the device. With the malware installed, it will attack unrelated, target apps on the device to harvest the user credentials and 2FA codes needed to access financial accounts.in May—a trojan “masquerading as a Google Play update app.
Zimperium has consistently warned Android users as the risks in sideloading apps onto their devices, the reason Androids are much more open to attack that iPhones. This latest report comes as Pixel users continue to switch to Android 15 and Galaxy users get their first taste of One UI 7’s beta.The latest version of the OS introduces various measures to combat malware, including live threat detection, which monitors apps on devices and can respond to suspicious patterns of behaviour in real-time.
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