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Sead Fadilpašić

These malicious Android loan apps could leave millions of users seriously out of pocket

Close-up hands counting money American dollars.

Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered malicious loan apps stealing victim’s sensitive data and threaten them with ridicule unless they comply with absurd terms.

The researchers named the collection of over a dozen apps SpyLoan, which are being advertised as financial services tools for personal loans, offering “quick and easy access to funds”.

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