It is also able to collect device specs such as a list of installed apps, OS version, IMEI, and phone model and send it to the hacker. Furthermore, the malware spies on SMS sent by the user, collect sensitive information such as credit card numbers, CVC number, its expiration date and user’s home address. In reality, however, the app continues to work in the background. Once it infects a targeted device, it gains administrative privileges before removing the icon of the app, tricking the user into believing that the app has been deleted. “BankingBot” was first spotted in April 2008 but about three months ago it was found infecting over 400 apps on Google Play Store. Web cybersecurity firm have discovered a fake Adobe Flash Player infected with BankingBot malware known for stealing banking and personal data of Android users. That's without knowing if the problem will come back.IT security researchers at Russia based Dr. I probably can resolve this with a complete re-install, but will wait to do that as a last resort. I've mitigated the problem a little bit with Flashblock for Chrome, but still - when I actually need to load something in Flash, the computer locks up again.Īdditionally, the computer gets very, very hot when playing Flash video, it gets even hotter than some really CPU intensive tasks - like After Effects rendering. I don't think it's a Lion problem since I've been plagued with this since Snow Leopard.

I've tried Safari, with the same problem occuring. However, it seems every time I visit a website with Flash, whether it be Youtube, or a site with a simple Flash advert, Chrome and sometimes all of OSX lock up for up to two minutes with the SBBOD, and then spontaneously returns to a normal state. I have the mid-2009 Macbook Pro (Core 2 Duo, 2.53 Ghz, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.7.2), and use the most recent version of Chrome.

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