Android malware steals million Google accounts: researchers


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 01 Dec 2016

A 3D printed Android logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

WASHINGTON: Malicious software designed to attack Android smartphones has breached the accounts of more than a million Google users, security researchers said. 

The report by Check Point Software Technologies said the malware dubbed Gooligan targets devices running Android 4.0 and 5.0, which represent nearly 74% of mobile devices using the Google-powered operating system. 

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