It targets users in Russia only, also includes an SMS worm that allows it to spread to other Android devices
Apr 27, 2016 08:26 GMT · By Catalin Cimpanu Security researchers have discovered a new Android malware family that's being spread using SMS spam messages and has been secretly stealing money from victims' bank accounts after infecting their devices.
At the time of writing, this malware family which FireEye researchers have named RuMMS has targeted only users living in Russia. The first infections hit users on January 18 and have continued until late April.
FireEye says it managed to track down at least 2,729 victims since it first discovered the threat. There were 380 infections in January, 767 in February, 1,169 in March, and another 413 in April.
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