Earlier this year, Google announced plans to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/google-wants-to-fight-android-malware-by-making-sideloading-more-difficult-heres-how” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/google-wants-to-fight-android-malware-by-making-sideloading-more-difficult-heres-how”>make sideloading apps significantly harder to do on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-android-phones,review-6051.html” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-android-phones,review-6051.html”>best Android phones. However, many Android owners data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/googles-about-to-ruin-one-of-the-best-things-about-android-and-make-it-more-like-ios” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/googles-about-to-ruin-one-of-the-best-things-about-android-and-make-it-more-like-ios”>did not welcome this controversial move.

Now though, fans of sideloading apps might want to reconsider thanks to a new malware strain that can bypass encrypted chats in apps like WhatsApp and Signal and targets financial apps. This new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/this-android-banking-trojan-steals-passwords-to-take-over-your-accounts-and-all-it-takes-is-a-single-text-message” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/this-android-banking-trojan-steals-passwords-to-take-over-your-accounts-and-all-it-takes-is-a-single-text-message”>banking trojan, dubbed Sturnus, originates in malicious APKs.

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Researchers from MTI Security first discovered Sturnus (via data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/sturnus-banking-trojan-bypassing-whatsapp-telegram-and-signal” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/sturnus-banking-trojan-bypassing-whatsapp-telegram-and-signal” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”…

Earlier this year, Google announced plans to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/google-wants-to-fight-android-malware-by-making-sideloading-more-difficult-heres-how” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/google-wants-to-fight-android-malware-by-making-sideloading-more-difficult-heres-how”>make sideloading apps significantly harder to do on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-android-phones,review-6051.html” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-android-phones,review-6051.html”>best Android phones. However, many Android owners data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/googles-about-to-ruin-one-of-the-best-things-about-android-and-make-it-more-like-ios” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/googles-about-to-ruin-one-of-the-best-things-about-android-and-make-it-more-like-ios”>did not welcome this controversial move.

Now though, fans of sideloading apps might want to reconsider thanks to a new malware strain that can bypass encrypted chats in apps like WhatsApp and Signal and targets financial apps. This new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/this-android-banking-trojan-steals-passwords-to-take-over-your-accounts-and-all-it-takes-is-a-single-text-message” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/malware-adware/this-android-banking-trojan-steals-passwords-to-take-over-your-accounts-and-all-it-takes-is-a-single-text-message”>banking trojan, dubbed Sturnus, originates in malicious APKs.

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Researchers from MTI Security first discovered Sturnus (via data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/sturnus-banking-trojan-bypassing-whatsapp-telegram-and-signal” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/sturnus-banking-trojan-bypassing-whatsapp-telegram-and-signal” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”…