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Date: Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 22:07:55
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Dangerous Android trojan targets 600 banking apps — and it’s draining accounts

Anthony Spadafora

Updated Tue, June 27, 2023 at 8:49 AM AKDT
5 min read

A picture of a skull and bones on a smartphone depicting malware
Android smartphone owners are once again under attack from the dangerous Anatsa banking trojan which has been updated with new capabilities and can now target even more banking apps.

As reported by Bleeping Computer, this new mobile malware campaign has been active since March of this year and so far, banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria and Switzerland have been targeted by Anatsa.

Just like during a previous Anatsa campaign from back in November 2021 which saw the malware downloaded over 300,000 times, the hackers behind this new campaign are using malicious apps hosted on the Google Play Store to infect vulnerable Android smartphones.

This updated version of the Anatsa banking trojan was first spotted by security researchers at ThreatFabric who revealed in a new report that it can now take over nearly 600 different banking apps and commit fraud right on an infected device.

A number of big banks including JP Morgan, Capital One, TD Bank, Schwab, Navy Federal Credit Union and others can be targeted by Anatsa which is why this banking trojan is a threat Android users will want to take seriously.

Delete these apps right now
In their report, security researchers at Threat Fabric highlighted five of the apps that are being used by the hackers behind this campaign to take over and drain bank accounts. If you have any of these apps installed on your Android smartphone, it’s recommended that you uninstall them immediately. Below, you’ll find the apps in question along with their package names:

PDF Reader – Edit & View PDF -lsstudio.pdfreader.powerfultool.allinonepdf.goodpdftools

PDF Reader & Editor – com.proderstarler.pdfsignature

PDF Reader & Editor – moh.filemanagerrespdf

All Document Reader & Editor – com.mikijaki.documents.pdfreader.xlsx.csv.ppt.docs

All Document Reader and Viewer – com.muchlensoka.pdfcreator

While all of these apps have since been removed from the Play Store, you will need to manually delete them if you have any of them on your smartphone.

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