Anatsa

Cybercrime and malicious acts by tricksters are increasing drastically with the ever-increasing use and spread of advanced technology in almost every aspect of life. While app stores like Google Play Store and Apple App Store are strengthening their platforms to detect malicious acts, cyber criminals manage to find new ways to fool the system and get their malicious, malware-laden apps onto them. Tricksters are now fooling smartphone users by uploading malicious apps on these stores in the guise of providing free…

The resurgence of the Anatsa banking Trojan has sparked concerns among cybersecurity experts as it targets European financial institutions, posing a significant threat to mobile banking security. Over the past four months, the Anatsa campaign has exhibited a dynamic evolution, with five distinct waves targeting specific regions, including Slovakia, Slovenia, and Czechia, in addition to previous targets like the UK, Germany, and Spain. Fraud detection company ThreatFabric detected a resurgence of the Anatsa banking Trojan…

Online security threats are constant. The latest one comes in the form of the ‘Anatsa’ Android banking trojan that appeared in several countries. It is trying to steal banking data from customers in the US, the UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. ‘Anatsa’ Android banking trojan is back, as it surfaced in five countries Security researchers over at ThreatFabric have been tracking this malware. It has been distributed via the Google Play Store, and apps containing it got installed over 30,000 times. Google has…

Researchers have discovered the use of an Android banking trojan to collect the financial informational of users in several countries. The Anatsa trojan, which was previously discovered by the same security research firm two years ago, has been used via a few apps on the Play Store masquerading as productivity and office apps, with over 30,000 downloads. The malware creators publish clean apps to Google's app store to evade detection during the initial review, then update them with malicious code. Users who have…