These malicious apps also drop nasty pieces of malware including Anubis and SpyNote.
There’s no surprise that cybercriminals have been using the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to carry out scams and cyber attacks against unsuspected users and businesses. What’s worse is that even hospitals and testing facilities have also faced the wrath of criminal elements.
In the latest, the IT security researchers at Anomali have discovered yet another scam in which attackers are using fake COVID-19 contact tracing apps to infect Android devices. These malicious apps drop spyware, trojan, and adware on targeted devices across the globe.
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What’s noteworthy is these fake apps mimic official government-issued apps for COVID-19 contact tracing. According to researchers, there are 12 such apps scamming users in 10 countries including Armenia, Brazil, Columbia, Indonesia, India, Iran, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Singapore.
The researchers further warned that the ongoing attack drops payloads like Anubis and SpyNote. For your information, Anubis is a nasty piece of Android banking trojan that aims at users’ financial as well as personal data.
In January 2019, two Play Store apps infected with Anubis trojan were found utilizing motion-sensor inputs from the mobile devices to spread its infection.
On the other hand, SpyNote (RAT) was identified in August 2016 on a dark web hacker ..
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