Over 300 000 Android Devices Infected By Malicious Banking Trojans
Last month, security researchers from ThreatFabric discovered four different malware dropper campaigns distributing banking trojans on the Google Play Store. These are primarily part of four malware families — Anatsa, Alien, Hydra, and Ermac, which were distributed between August and November 2021 and downloaded over 300,000 times. These malicious Android apps posed as QR Scanner, QR Scanner 2021, PDF Document Scanner, PDF Document Scanner Free, Two Factor Authenticator, Protection Guard, QR CreatorScanner, Master Scanner Live, CryptoTracker, and Gym and Fitness Trainer....