✔️Ikke alle .vtym-filene mine er dekryptert

The TeaBot banking trojan was again found in the Google Play Store, where it posed as a QR code reader (QR Code & BarcodeScanner) and managed to spread to more than 10,000 enheter. The malware targets users of more than 400 banking and financial applications, including those from Russia, China, and the United States.

According to a report from Cleafy, Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools inneholder-infected applications act as droppers. Det er, they get to the Google Play Store without malicious code and request minimal permissions from the user, so that it is difficult for reviewers and Google’s automated checks to detect anything suspicious.

I tillegg, trojanized applications actually work, delivering the promised functionality, so the reviews about them are mostly positive.

TeaBot on the Google Play Store

For eksempel, QR Code & Barcode – Scanner that was discovered in February, looked like a regular utility for scanning QR codes. derimot, once installed, the app requested an update via a pop-up message, and instead of the standard procedure set by the Play Store rules, the update was downloaded from an external source.

The experts traced the source of these downloads to two GitHub repositories owned by the user feleanicusor and containing several samples of the TeaBot malware, uploaded on February 17, 2022.

TeaBot on the Google Play Store
Attack scheme

Once thisupdateis complete, TeaBot is downloaded to the victim’s device as a new QR Code Scanner: Add-On application. This application starts automatically and requests the rights to use Accessibility Services to perform the following functions:

  1. view the device screen and create screenshots that show login credentials, two-factor authentication codes, SMS content, og så videre;
  2. automatic granting of additional permissions to malware in the background, which does not require user intervention.

TeaBot on the Google Play Store

Interessant, earlier versions of TeaBot, discovered in January 2021 and studied by Bitdefender, exited if they detected that the victim was in the United States. Now TeaBot also attacks users from the United States, and also received support for Russian, Slovak and Chinese languages, det er, the malware attacks any users without making exceptions.

Også, compared to samples from early 2021, the malware is now more obfuscated, and the number of its target applications has increased by 500% – from 60 til 400. These include banking and insurance applications, as well as cryptocurrency wallets and exchange solutions cryptocurrencies.

La meg minne deg på at vi også skrev det Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools inneholder Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools inneholder Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools inneholder, og det Abstrakt Emu Android malware «røtter» smarttelefoner og unngår oppdagelse.

Helga Smith

Jeg var alltid interessert i datavitenskap, spesielt datasikkerhet og temaet, som kalles i våre dager "datavitenskap", siden min tidlige tenåring. Før du kommer inn i Virusfjerningsteamet som sjefredaktør, Jeg jobbet som cybersikkerhetsekspert i flere selskaper, inkludert en av Amazons entreprenører. Nok en opplevelse: Jeg har undervisning på universitetene i Arden og Reading.

Legg igjen et svar

Denne siden bruker Akismet å redusere spam. Lær hvordan din kommentar data behandles.

Tilbake til toppen