Google’s Play Store Warning—Do Not Update This App

Beware — there is a new threat to worry any Android user with popular banking and shopping apps on their phone. A nasty trojan has been discovered attacking more than 750 legitimate banking and shopping apps, presenting a fake login screen over the real app, stealing your credentials as soon as they’re entered.ForbesGoogle’s Gmail Upgrade—Good And Bad News For 3 Billion UsersBy Zak DoffmanThis new discovery by Cyble comes just days after Google warned Android users that sideloaded apps from third-party stores and direct installs deliver 50–times as much malware as apps from Play Store. Ironically, although this new threat is sideloaded, its dropper is “disguised as Google Play Services,” giving it seeming legitimacy. The app requires a Play settings update that Google has repeatedly warned can be dangerous.Cyble has dubbed this TsarBot given the likely Russian origins of its developers, and says it can “remotely control the screen, executing fraud by simulating user actions such as swi...