Researchers warn of rise of malicious banking trojans

Nicholas Fearn
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Researchers called the trend a "troubling sign"

The number of malicious mobile banker packages on the web increased by 58 per cent in the first quarter of 2019. That's according to Kaspersky's most recent IT threat evolution report, which rev...

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