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In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs (mashable.com)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 218 points 5 months ago (1 children)

no list of apps anywhere

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 159 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Jup. It just says that "the malware was disguised as PDF and QR code readers".

Not helpful, Mashable. Not helpful at all.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 54 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In fairness to Mashable, this isn't their fault. The people that made the report didn't make the list public.

[–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 86 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Then why is this the subtitle:

The apps identified have since been removed from Google Play, but make sure you didn't install one.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Because tech journalism is trash on the best days, and these android malapps articles only ever amount to blogspam to make you nervous. I don't think I've seen more than a handful of these articles that actually warns you about the actual apps instead of just talking about the problem without relevant specifics.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

I think I may know a few of those. But not through play store. They usually scam someone by saying they got a packet on their way and their tracking number must be opened on an app that they send via messaging apps.