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Threat intelligence experts have discovered a new Android banking trojan capable of capturing SMS text messages, banking information and even your device lock pattern or PIN. The treacherous threat, known to security researchers as BlankBot, has one more trick up its sleeve: it’s invisible to most antivirus software.
The malware researchers at threat intelligence outfit Intel 471 first spotted the new Android banking trojan on July 24, when it was seen primarily targeting Turkish users. Although BlankBot is thought to still be under active development, this could change over time. Thethat the trojan has a range of malicious capabilities including “customer injections, keylogging, screen recording and it communicates with a control server over a WebSocket connection.
Once the app has been installed the user will be prompted to grant the required accessibility permissions with a message explaining these are needed to run properly displayed. What isn’t displayed, however, is an application icon or, indeed, much else at all. Grant that permission, and you’ll see a blank screen stating that an app update is underway and advising the user not to touch anything.
‘Vicious Spiral’ Alert Issued After Donald Trump Proposed A ‘Massive,’ Radical Plan To Pay Off $35 Trillion In U.S. National Debt As previously mentioned, the researchers say that BlankBot is new and still under active development, with multiple code variants seen to date. However, that doesn’t mean it cannot be stopped in its tracks by following some basic security advice. Perhaps the most important is to only use official app stores for downloads to your Android device and avoid side-loading anything, no matter how tempting that app might appear.
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