As it stated in Exclusive: Google is working on a Face ID-like feature for Android QWhile Android smartphones supported fingerprint scanners long before the Apple iPhone did, Android devices are playing catch up the time it comes to safe biometric facial authentication hardware. Furthermore, the existing "face unlock" feature that has existed on Android devices for many years now, the "Trusted Face" feature, is part of Google Play Services, is old, and is insecure, extremely we're confident that this is a new feature in Android Q. The only thing these strings prove is that AOSP is now backing facial recognition hardware for face unlock, payments, and app authentication. The fact that Google is backing facial recognition hardware in Android Q naturally means they have a device they're Analyzing it on. This article was updated on February 8th, 2019, by screenbullets of the set-up flow for safe facial recognition in Android Pie.
Fake Google reCAPTCHA used to hide Android banking malware
investigators have documented a recent phishing campaign targeting online banking users that masquerades as Google in its attempt to robber valuable credentials. According to cybersafety investigators from Sucuri, the attack wave against a Polish bank and its users is impersonating Google reCAPTCHA systems and panic-eliciting techniques to prompt preys to click on malicious links embedded in deception emails. The emails in question contain a fake confirmation for a recent transaction, alongside a link to a malicious .PHP file. See also: This malware turns ATM hijacking into a slot machine gameThe page has a number of specifically defined user-agents that are limited to Google crawlers. If the demand is not Google crawler-linked -- in other words, alternative search engines are in use -- then the PHP script instead loads a fake Google reCAPTCHA made up of JavaScript and static HTML.
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