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Chameleon Android malware can turn off fingerprint unlock to steal your pin (me.mashable.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Chameleon Android malware can turn off fingerprint unlock to steal your pin::Be careful out there.

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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It still needs a gullible user to change their settings for this to work; not much to worry about here.

[+] VieuxQueb@lemmy.world -44 points 10 months ago (4 children)

And not from the play store or official bank site.

If you install an APK from unreliable source you should treat your phone and account as corrupted.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 63 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's funny imagining people saying this for anything but a phone. "You can only download from the Microsoft store or you should consider your device corrupted." Take caution, but you don't need to rely on daddy Google alone.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 23 points 10 months ago

Damn, here I was worried I had bricked my phone and made it unusable by loading up my own personal apks when I was trying to learn coding and different app studios.

I feel like I would have noticed if my phone was unusable though...

[–] JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

not funny anymore. Banks and regulatory are doing this in some countries. Their app just refuses to open if users install any app outside of Google Play Stores.

Take a look at this https://mothership.sg/2023/08/ocbc-security-feature-delete-third-party-apps/

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Most apps choose to distribute through Play Store only though. If the devs aren't officially distributing on a separate platform or provide signing keys for you to verify the signature of the APK you get from elsewhere, you're just asking for malware by downloading it anywhere else.

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

you need Google to tell you what safe and what's not? have you ever used a desktop operating system where you usually install programs from different sources?

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmao what? I have literally never found an APK I was looking for that did anything sketchy to my phone

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

That you know of, but I get what you're saying

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You mean like Play, which is where 99% of installed malware comes from?

[–] rush@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Note that for this attack to work, you have to be on Android 11 or below (or possibly an earlier patch) as by default accessibility services aren't allowed to draw-over or interact with elements in the settings app unless you explicitly override it in developer options.

This extends to some other areas, like for when biometric/system lock APIs are used.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

So you have to enable the "draw over settings", which is pretty deep in settings (developer options).

You kinda deserve it if you do this. Lol