About a billion downloads made by cell phones with operating system android may have been hit by malware. This information was disclosed through the Zimperium security platform.
According to the company, the researchers cataloged 10 types of viruses often found in banking applications. The most impressive thing is that these numbers include only the 639 financial applications that are available in the Android system application store, Google Play.
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In the report prepared by Zimperium, cited above, researchers analyzed the 10 types of trojan viruses most found in banking apps. In the United States alone, around 121 apps are often targeted by criminals who spread different malware. These alone already add up to more than 280 million downloads.
Such viruses usually take the form of utility applications, such as, for example, a filter app for social networks. However, its real focus is on infiltrating smartphone systems to steal credentials and perform transfers.
Zimperium found that the most active banking trojan, found in over 50% of analyzed apps, is Teapot. In this regard, it was also possible to identify that the Exibe Compact D (Octo) virus was the most used malware about five years ago.
Its most common use, in addition to the United States, was in countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey and Australia. Brazil does not appear among the most affected nations and services, but that does not mean it is immune. Two attacks were found aimed directly at Brazilian users of Itaú, carried out by the ExbotCombat virus.
It was also possible to analyze, through the research, that criminals are not interested in traditional applications. In view of this, they direct their efforts to applications with more modern solutions, such as those that offer investment in cryptocurrencies and digital payments.
