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This alarm was sounded by cybersecurity researchers Group-IB, which spotted the new campaign in June this year.

In this campaign, unnamed threat actors were delivering a piece of malware called GoldDigger.

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This is also probably the best way to spot a malicious app - if it demands excessive permissions.

If the victim grants these permissions, GoldDigger will start by digging out sensitive user information, including passwords.

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