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Andy Meek
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- Chinese hackers are targeting Android phones with a new piece of malware that attempts to fool people into clicking on a "missed delivery" text -- the kind of text that's no doubt become especially familiar to people during the coronavirus pandemic as they spend more time at home and ordering items for delivery.
- The text is actually a phishing scam that enables everything from stealing bank details to a user's contact list.
- It's being perpetrated, according to cybersecurity researchers, by a group of hackers operating under the "Roaming Mantis" collective.
Another day, another nasty new piece of Android malware to be aware of -- this time, according to cybersecurity researchers at Cybereason, it's malware that uses a "missed delivery" text to phish its unsuspecting recipients.
There has been a spate of these incidents lately, involving everything from sketchy apps found in the Google Play Store to the presence of undeletable, malicious files and apps inside Android phones. After investigating this latest malfeasance, Cybereason's team found that it's a Chinese-speaking group of hackers operating under the banner of "Roaming Mantis" that's behind this so-called FakeSpy malware campaign.
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