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New Banking Malware - Android.banker.A2f8a

February 26, 2019 | 1 MIN READ

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A new malicious banking trojan, identified as Android.banker.A2f8a, has been discovered and is targeting over 200 banking apps, 23 cryptocurrency apps and various shopping and gambling apps for Android devices. The trojan is designed to steal user credentials, intercept SMS messages, display a fake overlay on top of legitimate apps and steal contact lists. Infection occurs after the user downloads a fake Flash Player app onto their device from a third party app store. The malicious app then spams the user with requests for administrative privileges. Once Android.banker.A2f8a has admin privileges it scans for targeted apps and if detected shows a false notification requiring the user to login and steals their credentials.

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