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Google removes several active Android "SpyLoan" apps, 8+ million downloads later | When predatory loan crime meets mobile social engineering tricks
The mobile research team at McAfee recently detected a new SpyLoan campaign, with several apps designed to trick people into asking for quick loans. The analysts uncovered...
However, it's a never-ending fight with cybercriminals constantly returning to the popular mobile ecosystem with new social engineering tricks and security threats to scam users out of money. SpyLoan PUP (potentially unwanted programs) apps exploit social engineering tactics to try to collect sensitive user data. The newest SpyLoan apps McAfee discovered target users in specific regions of the world, including Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
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