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SharkBot Banking Malware Spreading via Fake Android Antivirus App on Google Play Store

The Hacker News

The threat actor behind a nascent Android banking trojan named SharkBot has managed to evade Google Play Store security barriers by masquerading as an antivirus app.

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Malicious Android apps found masquerading as legitimate antivirus tools

Tech Republic Security

The phony apps attempted to deliver malware designed to steal account credentials and banking information, Check Point Research says. The post Malicious Android apps found masquerading as legitimate antivirus tools appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Fake Antivirus and Cleaner Apps Caught Installing SharkBot Android Banking Trojan

The Hacker News

The notorious Android banking trojan known as SharkBot has once again made an appearance on the Google Play Store by masquerading as antivirus and cleaner apps. This new dropper doesn't rely on Accessibility permissions to automatically perform the installation of the dropper Sharkbot malware," NCC Group's Fox-IT said in a report.

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Data From The Qakbot Malware is Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned, Courtesy of the FBI

Troy Hunt

Today, the US Justice Department announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure.

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SharkBot Malware Poses as Android Antivirus

Heimadal Security

SharkBot is a banking malware for Android devices that was discovered around the end of October 2021. The post SharkBot Malware Poses as Android Antivirus appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Identification and authentication systems are used to impose user identity verification […].

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Grandoreiro banking malware targets Mexico and Spain

Security Affairs

A new Grandoreiro banking malware campaign is targeting organizations in Mexico and Spain, Zscaler reported. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers observed a Grandoreiro banking malware campaign targeting organizations in the Spanish-speaking nations of Mexico and Spain. ” reads the post published by Zscaler.

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SharkBot malware hides as Android antivirus in Google Play

Bleeping Computer

The banking trojan tracked as SharkBot has infiltrated the Google Play Store, Android's official and most trusted app store, posing as an antivirus and system cleaner application. [.].