Beware! Fake Netflix App

If you’re a Netflix subscriber and use it on your Android devices, be careful that you don’t download the wrong one!  This fake app is a malware that takes over your devices, to include camera, microphone, view your contacts, and read your text messages.  It is essentially used to spy on you.   Zscaler described it as a ‘well-crafted’ piece of spyware.  Once the user press on the icon, the app will disappear making you think it was deleted, but it is only releasing the Trojan to take over your device.  Once it is infected, the hacker can activate your microphone and listen to live conversations or turn on your camera and spy on you.  They can also copy files from the device and send to a command and control centre.  The good news is if you are downloading apps from a legitimate source, then you are probably safe.  The article states that downloading it from non-official sites is what puts you at risk.

Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4160562/Fake-Netflix-app-read-text-messages.html