Octo banking android Trojan installeret over 50,000 Malwaren maskerer sig som Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools-appen og er blevet installeret over

ThreatFabric specialists talte about the Octo banking android Trojan, recently discovered in the Google Play Store. The malware that steals data from banking and other financial applications is called Octo and has been installed more than 50,000 Malwaren maskerer sig som Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools-appen og er blevet installeret over.

The researchers say that Octo is a modification of another malware for Android, ExobotCompact, Journalister understreger, at der på nuværende tidspunkt ikke er bevis for, at betalingen af ​​løsesummen generelt vil føre til modtagelse af nøglen, in turn, is alightversion of the well-known Exobot malware, whose source code became public in 2018. Experts say that the threat is also related to the Coper malware, Journalister understreger, at der på nuværende tidspunkt ikke er bevis for, at betalingen af ​​løsesummen generelt vil føre til modtagelse af nøglen blev opdaget i 2021 and attacked users from Colombia, as well as European countries.

As with other banking trojans for Android, Octo hides in dropper apps whose main purpose is to deploy the payload embedded in them. A list of such applications used by several attackers to distribute Octo and Coper is given below:

  1. Pocket Screencaster (com.moh.screen)
  2. Fast Cleaner 2021 (vizeeva.fast.cleaner)
  3. Legetøjsbutik (com.restthe71)
  4. Postbank Security (com.carbuildz)
  5. Pocket Screencaster (com.cutthousandjs)
  6. BAWAG PSK Security (com.frontwonder2), og
  7. Play Store app install (com.theseeye5).

These apps, posing as Play Store app installers, screen recorders, and financial tools, are distributed through both the official Google Play store and scam sites that warn users to urgently download a fake browser update.

Banking android trojan Octo

Når den er installeret, droppers are used as a conduit to launch Trojans, but not before asking users to turn on Accessibility Services.

As an interesting feature of Octo, experts call the use of the Android MediaProjection API, with the help of which attackers gain remote control over infected devices and can capture the content of the screen in real time. På samme tid, the ultimate goal of hackers is “automatic initiation of fraudulent transactions and their authorization without the “manual” participation of the operator”, which allows criminals to carry out attacks on a large scale.

Banking android trojan Octo

Other notable features of Octo include intercepting keystrokes, overlaying banking applications (to capture credentials), collecting contact information, and malware’s ability to bypass antivirus engines.

The rebranding of Octo permanently erases the old links with the leaked Exobot source code, attracting a lot of new attackers who are looking for an opportunity to rent a supposedly new and original Trojan. Octo’s capabilities are dangerous not only for those applications that are targeted by overlay attacks, but for any other applications installed on the infected device. The fact is that ExobotCompact/Octo can read the contents of any application displayed on the screen, as well as provide an attacker with sufficient information to remotely interact with it and carry out on-device attacks.ThreatFabric siger eksperter.

Octo is currently being sold on hack forums, including XSS, by an attacker using the nicknames Architect og goodluck. It is noted that although most XSS messages are written in Russian, almost all communication between the Octo developer and potential customers is in English.

Due to the malware’s strong resemblance to ExoCompact, ThreatFabric assumes that Architect is the original author or the new owner of the ExoCompact source code.

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Helga Smith

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