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Fake updates for trustworthy banking apps posted on GitHub are being used to spread new versions of the NFCShare Android virus. The infection has developed into a phishing campaign that targets clients of several banks and financial institutions around Europe in an attempt to obtain credit card information. NFCShare uses Android's IsoDep interface and EMV commands to read the data after deceiving victims with a phony verification page to place the cards close to the mobile device's near-field communication (NFC) chip. Under the guise of a security precaution, the malware obtains the victim's card number, type, expiration date, and four-digit PIN. It then uses a WebSocket channel to exfiltrate the information to the attacker's command-and-control (C2) host read more about NFCShare...

Researchers studying cybersecurity are drawing attention to a campaign of Android malware that uses Microsoft's.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) framework to produce fake social media and banking applications aimed at Chinese and Indian users. According to Dexter Shin, a researcher at McAfee Labs, these malware pose as trustworthy apps in order to target users and steal confidential data. Microsoft's cross-platform desktop and mobile app framework,.NET MAUI, allows developers to use C# and XAML to create native applications. With the ability to not only build multi-platform apps with a single project but also add platform-specific source code when needed, it is an advancement beyond Xamarin. It's important to note that the tech giant encouraged developers to switch to.NET MA...

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NFCShare Android malware spreads via fake banking app updates on GitHub

Hackers Use .NET MAUI to Target Indian and Chinese Users with Fake Banking, Social Apps