Altcoin News: Two New Cryptocurrency Phishing Apps Found on Google Play

May 24, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

ESET analysts have reported that two new applications have been discovered in the Google Play app store that targets cryptocurrency theft.

One of them — Trezor Mobile Wallet — was added to Google Play on May 1 and appears second in the search results, immediately after the original application of the Trezor hardware wallet.

Phishing application found one of the users of Reddit. He analyzed the finding and came to the conclusion that this application can not cause any damage to users. However, after installing Trezor Mobile Wallet offers to download another application — “Coin Wallet — Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Tether”.

Image credit: Google Play

This application can really threaten the cryptocurrency assets of users because after downloading and running Coin Wallet offers to enter a username and password. However, it is not yet clear what services the attackers are planning to hack, having received the above information.

Analysts noted that the Coin Wallet app was on Google Play for 3 months, and during that time it was downloaded more than 1,000 times. ESET passed this information to Google security, and at the moment neither Trezor Mobile Wallet nor Coin Wallet is in the app store.

Earlier, ESET expert Lukas Stefanko discovered malicious software in the Google Play app store that posed as a cryptocurrency wallet.

Author: Marko Vidrih