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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14903482

Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) has issued a warning about an ongoing Android malware campaign targeting banking accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Meh I was more nervous based on the title, but it's basically an app(malware) that people are told to install which can access phone details.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

And using loads of sensitive permissions to pull it off, like accessibility to read the screen. It's not stealing the auth cookies from the app nor throwing exploits at Android to escape the sandbox.

Headline definitely makes it sound like it's a drive-by exploit, but no it's just the usual social engineering everyone is familiar with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I think it's crazy putting your bank credentials on your phone

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My phone is my bank credentials, no other way to authenticate.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much the same situation with any Finnish bank.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah f@ck! Seems that it's unavoidable in the near future. Totally unacceptable though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think the biggest risk is social engineering the elderly anyway

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Speak for yourself, my phone is the most secure device I own!