Mobile’s Latest Malware Threat: The All-in-One Android Trojan

A new Android Trojan — dubbed Android.Banker.L — combines the functionality of banking Trojans, keyloggers and ransomware to compromise victim devices and steal data. As reported by Quick Heal, the latest malware threat uses multiple methods simultaneously to attack user devices. In addition to a typical Android banking Trojan, the malware contains code that enables it to forward calls, record sound, conduct keylogging and deploy ransomware. It’s also able to launch device browsers with a URL received from its command-and-control (C&C) server, which is contacted via Twitter. Once installed, Android.Banker.L repeatedly opens the Accessibility Settings page and asks users to turn on Accessibility Service, which allows it to leverage...

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PayThink 'Self-protection' can shield banks from new Android BankBot card malware

Recently, the Dutch company Securify came across a new sample of the BankBot Android mobile banking malware. While older samples of BankBot mainly targeted Russian financial institutions, the latest sample shows that BankBot now targets European and American institutions as well. More specifically BankBot now targets over 420 leading institutions in countries such as Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United States. BankBot is a banking Trojan horse that poses as an apparently benign consumer banking application. When the application is installed and run, it asks for administrative privileges. Once these privileges are granted, the icon disappears from the home screen. From that moment, the device is compromised...

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Stop the Phishing

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