Android Banking Trojan targets more than 232 banking apps including those offered by Indian banks. Malware known as Android.banker.A2f8a is being distributed through a fake Flash Player app on third-party stores. Android banking malware is designed for stealing login credentials, hijacking SMSs, uploading contact lists and SMSs on a malicious server, displaying an overlay screen (to capture details) on top of legitimate apps and carrying out other such malicious activities. The malware can also set the devices ringer volume to silent in order to suppress SMS notifications.”]
Source: https://blogs.quickheal.com/android-banking-trojan-targets-232-apps-including-indian-banks/