Lookout, an integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company, today announced the discovery of major crypto mining scams using hundreds of Android apps, as per a release shared with CryptoSlate.
What. How. And Where?
Categorized into two distinct Android app families, BitScam and CloudScam, these apps were designed to target people interested in cryptocurrencies. In total, security researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab identified more than 170 apps that are estimated to have scammed more than 93,000 victims.
172 different paid Android applications from two different families, BitScam and CloudScam, have been downloaded more than 93,000 times. https://t.co/RDdFK9r9kW #cyberprotect #cybersecurity #scam #crypto #cryptocurrencies #android #technews pic.twitter.com/UmdKpuxG28
— NE Cyber Crime Unit (@nerccu) July 8, 2021
The majority of these apps are side-loaded based on the fact that only 25 were available for download on Google Play. Lookout has been in close contact with Google and th
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