Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018. His focus includes the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
Updated on September 25 with Google’s advice to users following these new reports and details of another banking trojan now actively targeting Android users.now hitting users, and Play Protect soon to be enhanced with Android 15’s live threat detection. All this is intended to close the gap to iOS and the locked down iPhone ecosystem.
The trojan has evolved and its obfuscation is far advanced over its earlier iterations. Its intent remains the same, though: “Load and run any DEX files, install downloaded apps, tunnel through the victim’s device, and even—potentially—take out paid subscriptions. In addition, they can display and interact with ads in invisible windows, as well as open arbitrary links and run any JavaScript code.
In response to the new reports, a Google spokesperson told me that “all of the malicious versions of the apps identified by this report were removed from Google Play prior to report publication. Android users are automatically protected against known versions of this malware by Google Play Protect, which is on by default on Android devices with Google Play Services.
Octo itself, part of the Exobot family, is so well established, that the researchers warn that “the discovery of a new version, named ‘Octo2’ by its creator, could potentially shift the threat landscape and the Modus Operandi of the actors behind it.”Again, continuing the theme this is a case of an evolving malware rather than a totally new threat. “The first samples of the Exobot malware family were seen in 2016.
Again as elsewhere, Octo2 uses a fraudulent “Google” notification pop-up to trick Android users into bypassing device restrictions to enable the malware to run. Unsurprisingly, material changes have been made in this latest iteration—but the intent remains to steal app-specific banking credentials through targeted campaigns.
Check the developer in the app’s description—is it someone you’d like inside your life? And check the reviews, do they look legitimate or farmed?
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