Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Phishing Application Appears On Google Android Market | Geeky Gadgets

Phishing Application Appears On Google Android Market | Geeky Gadgets: "It seems that an phishing app has made its way onto Google’s Android Market, in the form of a fake banking application published by an Android developer called ‘Droid09′.
The application was attempting to get hold of users banking information, and it was spotted by the First Tech Credit Union, here is what they had to say about it.

We recently learned that a fraudster developed a rogue Android Smartphone app. It creates a shell of mobile banking apps that tries to gain access to a consumer’s financial information.
Droid09 launched this phishing attack from the Android Marketplace and it’s since been removed. It’s called phishing because scammers go fishing for information about you or your financial account that may be used for identity theft."

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