A banking Trojan is one of the scariest cybersecurity threats around. Earlier this year, a variant known as BRATA popped up, tunneling its way through Android devices.
This maliciously coded software is highly proficient in stealing banking details to rip you off. But a recent discovery points to a new version that uses a different method of attack.
Read on to learn how cybercriminals are spreading the malware and what you can do about it.
Here’s the backstory
Originally coded as a Brazillian spyware application, BRATA (Brazilian Remote Access Tool) spread through the Google Play Store as a fake WhatsApp update. At the height of its usage, it had over 10,000 downloads that infected around 500 victims’ gadgets per day.
After a three-year hiatus, an updated version emerged throughout Europe in January this year, making cybersecurity researchers nervous. Now, an even nastier variation to the original BRATA malware came to the attention of Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy.
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Where researchers previously classified it as a Remote Access Trojan, the latest version uses Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) techniques. As a result, it lets hackers remain on an infected network for much longer, increasing the damage.
One of the spreading methods is through fake text messages claiming to be from your bank. So if you receive a text claiming to be from your bank, tread lightly.
What you can do about it
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