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Malware Steals Cryptocurrency Credentials Via Android Apps

Malware can steal cryptocurrency credentials using OCR in 280 Android apps. Don't store personal financial info on your phone, including crypto! Verify identities before calls & be cautious of suspicious messages.

Introduction

In this week's edition of our security news review, we'll review articles that are about the following:

Malware
Social engineering
Vulnerabilities
Internet security

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  Found: 280 Android apps that use OCR to steal cryptocurrency credentials

Malware can infect your devices for many reasons. Mostly, it's financially motivated, ransomware a classical example. That's a big example, so we can classify this one as a "small" example. Nonetheless, it's still about money.
For this attack, the lesson I want to teach myself and you is this: don't keep any person...