Do android phones get viruses or spyware?

[mofugly13]

On Tuesday, someone managed to hack my mobile banking Wells Fargo app, change all my log on and contact information, then transfer $2500 from my savings to their account. I discovered this after I found I was locked out of my mobile banking, and called the bank to see what was up. They transferred me to the fraud department and that's when I found out what happened. While it is all taken care of now, and I will be reimbursed after an investigation, they recommended that I get every device I have ever used to log into online banking scanned for viruses, malware, spyware. I have two android cell phones, an ipad and a laptop, that I have used to log onto my account. The phones are from two different service providers. Yesterday I took my S5 to sprint and asked to have it scanned for viruses, etc. The guy told me that cell phones don't get viruses, malware, spyware. that anything on my phone would show up on my apps page. Uh...ok. I'm not tech savvy enough to know any better. The S5, and laptop are provided by my employer, and I have them looking into what can be done with the phone. Our IT guy just did a remote scan on the laptop and said my system looks good. In the mean time I wanted to ask here what kind of threats I should be looking out for on my devices. What can I do or should I have done?

How could someone get my log on information for my online banking account? I am very careful about my log on info. I have never shared it with anyone or written it down anywhere, ever.

[hunterb]

Damn that sucks OP, sorry to hear. VERY curious as to how they got your mobile banking app info as well....

[NYT]

android and iphones of course are able to viruses or malware. like windows, the vast majority of viruses are built for android devices as they have an open os and control the vast majority of the market.

i highly doubt that they hacked your mobile app though. what bank do you use? are they using two factor authentication?

[Ninety]

Did the bank say how the connection was made ?
With an app ? Or laptop ?
I know you said app in you OP.. did the bank specify app?



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[the86d]

A guy at work was surfing too much pr0n and got his unrooted Verizon Android wrecked with malware. I factory reset it, which should have fixed the issue, as the OS is supposed to be in a read-only area as I understand it, but it did not resolve his issue.

He had to get a new phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMYYP1LnMA

Nothing is completely safe.

Sideload any apps not from the Playstore?
Which ones?

[rkt88edmo]

Yes, yes they do.

There are also malicious apps.

Try Bluebox security.

It could also have been any computer you use to login online to do your banking.