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Experts have detected a new piece of information-stealingmalwareposing as one of the most popular messaging apps around.
These sanctions meant Russians could not accessGoogle’sPlay StoreorApples App Store.
Malware kan ställa till med oreda
FireScam
Cyfirma now claims someone created phishing websites on GitHub designed to look like RuStore.
Among the additional packages is the main malware, called Telegram Premium.apk.
This malware, dubbed FireScam, requests permissions to monitor notifications, clipboard data, SMS, and more.
It also displays a fake Telegram login page to steal the credentials.
The data is then extracted to a third-party server where its filtered and transferred elsewhere.
The information that is deemed worthless is wiped, it was added.
There was no word on the number of potential victims.