Sneaky New Android Malware Robs Users Through Fake PayPal Alerts [Forbes]
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Security researchers at ESET have discovered a dangerous new Android Trojan that masquerades as a performance-boosting app. Its goal: to rob victims blind by gaining access to their PayPal accounts. Not even accounts with 2-factor authentication are safe. Photo credit: Getty Getty Here's how ESET says the malware works. When a user launches the app it appears to crash immediately. In reality, it's still working in the background. It then pops up a fake Android security prompt asking the user to enable what looks like a legitimate statistics service. What the user is actually doing is enabling an accessibility feature that lets the malware do its dirty work. If the malware finds the PayPal app installed on the victim's phone, that's when it takes things to the next level. An alert pops up urging the user to sign in to PayPal. Once they're signed in, the malware uses the accessibility service to mimic user input in the PayPal app. Those invisible taps attempt to
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