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April 09, 2021 FlixOnline application. Google Play Check Point Research (CPR) is warning of malware on Google Play hidden in a fake application that is capable of spreading itself via users’ WhatsApp messages. If the user downloaded the fake application that is disguised as a “Netflix” app and unwittingly granted the malware the appropriate permissions, it was capable of responding to incoming messages on behalf of its victims with a link to an offer of “2 Months of Netflix Premium Fre...

READ MORE Describing the threat these malicious pieces of software pose Check Point said: "The AlienBot malware family is a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) for Android devices that allows a remote attacker, at a first step, to inject malicious code into legitimate financial applications. The attacker obtains access to victims’ accounts, and eventually completely controls their device. Upon taking control of a device, the attacker has the ability to control certain functions just as if he was hold...