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| Malware detection On Android passwords are stolen |
A cyber security company has detected malware targeting banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in the Android operating system. This was dangerous for being able to steal passwords.
Cybereason is called EventBot and says: It can hide images from legitimate Android apps like (Adobe Flash) or (Microsoft Word) and then abuse the Android's input instructions to access the OS. the device.
Once installed with malware, it steals the password from more than 200 banking and encrypted applications, including: PayPal, Coinbase, CapitalOne and HSB HSBC (HSBC), an intercepted text that is used to access the device's message code for use in the two-factor authentication function .
With the two-factor authentication password and the authentication code, hackers can hack into bank accounts, apps, wallets and steal victim's money. The cyber threat explorer (Assaf Dahan) told TechCrunch: "Eventbot developers have invested a lot of time and resources into building code and they are very sophisticated and efficient.
The security company said that the malware implicitly records every click and press the device key and can read notifications from other installed applications to provide hackers with information about what happened on the computer. The victim. the window. Over time, the program sends the password for the banking application and the cryptocurrency to the hacker server.
Cybereason researchers say: EvenBot is still under development. It has been a few weeks since it was discovered in March last year. Researchers notice malware updates, including new ones, every few days. Harmful functions. On the one hand, developers have improved the encryption system used to communicate with the server and added a new function to retrieve the lock code from the user's device.
Although security researchers do not know who was behind the campaign, their research shows that the malware is completely new. However, they recommend getting untrusted apps from third-party websites and stores.