GETTY • GOOGLE This dangerous new malware is disguised to look like the popular Chrome browser

Google Chrome users should be on the look-out for a terrifying new scam. A malicious application that disguises itself to look like the Google Chrome web browser has been discovered. The fraudulent app attempts to trick users into willingly entering their payment card information. These details are then collected and mailed to an AOL email address, security blog BleepingComputer has reported. Dubbed Betaling, the sly new malware appears on the desktop of your computer with the standard Google Chrome icon – making it almost indistinguishable from the real application. The Betaling software also uses a similar user interface to Google’s hugely-successful web browser. When a victim loads a browser window in Betaling, they will be confronted with the same-style URL navigation bar as Chrome – and even the same HTTPS lock icon.

BLEEPING COMPUTER The fraudulent app disguises itself as Google Chrome – even using the same desktop icon

This attention to detail is designed to trick users into believing they are using the real deal, and therefore trusting the app with their payment card information. Click on the Betaling icon on your desktop and the web browser lookalike loads a page with a form requesting users enter their payment details. Any credit or debit card information entered into the fraudulent form is saved, stored and sent to the cybercriminals behind the malicious app – without the users’ knowledge or permission. Thankfully, Betaling is not a perfect Google Chrome clone and there are a few telltale signs to be on the lookout for, to make sure you don’t lose your Credit Card details.

BLEEPING COMPUTER The malware loads a browser window and page designed to trick you into entering your card details

The malicious app requires users have a minimum version of .NET Framework 4.0 or higher installed – something the real Google Chrome has never specified. Betaling also has a Windows 8-style Metro design, even when you are running the app on an earlier version of Windows, like Windows 7. According to security blog BleepingComputer, the browser windows cannot be resized, with only the close button on the Betaling app actually working. Users cannot minimise the window, or make it fullscreen. At the time of writing, Betaling's user interface is only available in Dutch, which hints at the malware’s intended target. The news comes as Google Chrome debuted a new feature on its latest iOS beta build – a Reading List.

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This nifty new addition would allow Google Chrome users to save articles and webpages for offline reading at a later date. Apple currently offers a similar feature in its own web browser, Safari. Leaked screenshots of the upcoming feature show Chrome’s new Reading List being accessed from the menu in the upper-right corner of the mobile app. Tap the three-dot symbol to open the menu, and you'll see the option for Reading List in the updated menu. Next to the menu item, you can quickly see the number of unread articles in your queue.

APPLE • 9TO5GOOGLE The new Reading List feature lets Chrome users bookmark webpages for later reading