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Security Alert for iOS and Android—Two Highly Dangerous Apps Discovered in Official Stores
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Security Alert for iOS and Android—Two Highly Dangerous Apps Discovered in Official Stores

With Halloween approaching, it’s the perfect time to share a frightening tale about two apps available on both Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store that came with a terrifying twist: draining users' bank accounts. Here's what you need to know from Group-IB’s report on a major pig-butchering scam involving trading apps. Massive Fraud Exposed with Fake Trading Apps Discovered on Apple and Google App Stores Group-IB’s threat researchers, well-known for assisting Europol in dismantling a criminal network that unlocked 500,000 stolen smartphones, have a long history of investigating criminal operations, many of which are truly alarming. One example is their newly released report, Pig Butchering Alert: Fraudulent Trading Apps Targeted iOS and Android Users, which reveals a large-scale fra...