A new treat has been found recently that have a capabilities
to wipe data on any Android-powered smartphones as well stealing any online
banking credentials, a warning by security researchers.
The name of the treat called “Mazar BOT Android Malware”,
this new treat will laid a trap using a multi-media messaging. If this will
being installed, the malware will gain access to the admin rights that will
eventually give an ability to do almost anything on owner’s smartphone.
The malware itself could read any SMS message, meaning that
it also a circumvent 2FA system.
Also, this kind of malware could gain the ability of SMS
messages to premium channels, run man-in-the-middle attacks or the worst part
is erase the entire system of the compromised smartphones. It can use TOR of
communication.
Regarding detection, Antivirus might have difficulty because
of the detection is very low, according to the Danish security outfit Heimdal
Security warns. According to the Heimdal Security blog post “Mazar BOT has been
advertised for sale on several websites on the Dark Web, but this is the first
time we’ve seen this code be abused in active attacks”.
But this malware cannot be installed on a smartphone that
use Android with Russian language on it.
For more information about MAZAR BOT Android Malware, go to
CSIS blog post, which is a
Heimdal Security parent firm. CSIS shows how this
malware have been able to abuse Chrome injects, and other tricks in its
arsenal.
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