This Android malware steals mobile banking data; Here’s how to stay safe

There is a new malware in town wreaking havoc among Android smartphone users. It is called Drinik and is cleverly stealing crucial data and banking credentials from a smartphone user. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a warning to several banks for the same. The malware has so far attacked customers of 27 public and private sector banks in the country.

The Drinik malware is currently aping an Income Tax department app, and once it fools a user to download it, it cleverly collects all the sensitive information. Not only that, the malware even goes on force the user to make a transaction, following which it crashes and shows a fake message. Meanwhile, it collects all the necessary data from the user.