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Anthony Spadafora

Dangerous new Android malware drains your bank accounts and completely wipes your device — how to stay safe

Green skull on smartphone screen.

Having your bank accounts drained by hackers is bad enough but a new Android malware is taking things a step further by completely wiping your phone clean afterwards.

As reported by BleepingComputer, this new malware strain has been dubbed “BingoMod” by the security researchers at the online fraud management company Cleafy who first discovered it back in May of this year.

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