http://www.networkworld.com/article/2401481/android-malware-targets-south-korean-online-banking-customers.html
By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
June 26, 2014
Malicious software that swaps itself for legitimate online banking
applications is striking users in South Korea, with thousands of devices
infected in the last week, according to a Chinese mobile security company.
Cheetah Mobile, formerly known as Kingsoft Internet Security Software,
wrote that the banking malware masquerades as a popular game or tool on
third-party Android application markets.
Google checks Android applications in its Play store for malicious
behavior, but third-party marketplaces are often rife with malicious
applications. Security experts advise caution when using such sources for
applications.
If the malicious application is installed, it scans for the official
applications of South Korean banks including Nong Hyup, Shinhan, Kookmin,
Woori, Hana, Busan and the Korean Federation of Community Credit
Cooperatives, Cheetah Mobile wrote.
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