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Google Play Store again in the storm of controversies

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Another cryptocurrency theft is in the books! The crypto arena, since its inception has been thronged with heist. The virtual assets seem to beguile some of the most malicious players in the industry. The rising popularity of cryptocurrencies has attracted both thieves & investors in equal measures. It has led to significant increase in both crimes & disputes related to digital assets. As  Crypt-o-currency Mining Apps have been banned by Google from the official Play Store , threat actors are adopting shady tactics to swindle victim’s crypto currency wallets. Recent research reveals that a malicious app designed to steal cryptocurrency has been discovered on Google play, the official Android App Store. Classified as  clipper,  the malware is configured to intercept victim’s device’s clipboard & replace their wallet address stealthily with the one belonging to the attacker. Earlier, similar cryptocurrency stealers leveraging clipboard hijacking techni...

How to Remove Panda Banker Trojan?

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Zeus Panda, Panda or Panda Banker  is a spin-off of the  Zeus Banking Trojan.  First seen in 2016 as one of the many variants that cropped up in the wake of the Zeus source code, Panda has fulfilled its function as a banking Trojan since then. Looking to harvest credentials of online banking, payments & other financial portals, the majority of its code is derived from the original Zeus Trojan. The Trojan is designed to target Windows Operating system & leverages man-in the browser/ web injects attack techniques to fulfill the purpose of stealing.  Zeus Panda follows its predecessor & hence primarily targets financial sector & crypto currency sites. In addition it expands its attack in different organization sectors like social networking sites, search, Email & adult sites. The attack strategy of this malware is more or less same with some minor modifications in dynamic configurations. The full arsenal of attack techniques adopted by  Pand...