11th December 2017 By Robert Abel
Banking trojans have once again made their way past Google Play’s security mechanisms, this time to target the Polish Financial sector.
The malicious apps made their way into the store disguised as the seemingly benign apps “Crypto Monitor”, a cryptocurrency price tracking app, and “StorySaver”, a third-party tool for downloading stories from Instagram, according to a Dec. 11 ESET security blog post.
“Crypto Monitor”, was uploaded to the store on Nov. 25 of this year under the developer name walltestudio while “StorySaver” appeared on Google Play on Nov. 29 under the developer name kirillsamsonov45. The two apps collectively reached between 1000 and 5000 downloads by Dec. 4.
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