March 20, 2010

Android Phishing App Discovered

A phishing app disguised as a mobile banking offering was smuggled onto the Android Market by user Droid09.

"The incident raises questions about whether a tighter vetting process is needed for the Android Marketplace," writes The Register's John Leyden.

"The rogue Android application posed as a legitimate banking applet, but was actually designed to trick marks into handing over bank login details to fraudsters," Leyden writes.

Click here to read the story at The Register.

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