{"id":85595,"date":"2020-07-20T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T03:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16460"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T03:57:24","slug":"blackrock-malware-steals-password-credit-card-details-from-337-android-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blackrock-malware-steals-password-credit-card-details-from-337-android-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock malware steals password, credit card details from 337 Android apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A new Android malware named BlackRock has been discovered that steals data such as password and credit card details from apps such as Gmail, Amazon, Netflix, Uber and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blackrock: <\/strong>It is a Trojan malware that is based on the source code of the Xeres malware, itself derived from malware called LokiBot.<\/li><li><strong>How does it work? <\/strong>It uses a method called \u2018overlays\u2019 to trick users into filling in their log-in details and card details to start using a legitimate app.These overlays are fake windows that pop up when a user is trying to log into an app.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Trojan horse: <\/strong>It is a malware that disguises itself as a normal file or program to trick users into downloading and installing malware.<\/li><li><strong>Malware<\/strong> (malicious software):It refers to any kind of software that is designed to cause damage to a single computer, server or computer network.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A new Android malware named BlackRock has been discovered that steals data such as password and credit card details from apps such as Gmail, Amazon, Netflix, Uber and more. Facts: Blackrock: It is a Trojan malware that is based on the source code of the Xeres malware, itself derived from malware called LokiBot. How&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blackrock-malware-steals-password-credit-card-details-from-337-android-apps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BlackRock malware steals password, credit card details from 337 Android apps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2980],"class_list":["post-85595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-blackrock-malware","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704356686},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}