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Android Malware Whitelists Itself to Stay Active While Your Phone Sleeps

An Android banking trojan is requesting users to whitelist its process against the Android Doze power saving module in order to stay connected to its command and control (C&C) servers and continue its malicious behavior. Doze is a battery power-saving component that Google added to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The trojan’s creators have added a new mechanism to bypass Android’s Doze component. The permission’s “danger”” level doesn’t trigger a warning from the OS. Once the app where the trojan has been hidden requests this permission

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