Users androidsmartphone users must always be on their guard, because they are almost constantly threatened by malicious programs that want to steal their personal data or money. Now it has come to light that smartphones with Androidem is threatened by new malware that attacks banking applications. As reported by the Slovak antivirus company ESET, the malicious program called Anatsa spreads through the code Spy.Banker.BUL, which the attackers pass off as an application for reading PDF documents. With a share of 7,3 percent, it was the second most common threat last month. The first most common threat was the Andreed spam Trojan with a 13,5 percent share, and the third most common other Trojan was Triada with a 6% share.
"We have been observing the Anatsa program for several months, cases of attacks on banking applications have previously appeared, for example, in Germany, Great Britain or the USA. From our findings so far, we know that attackers are masquerading as PDF document readers with dangerous applications with malicious code. If users download this app to their smartphone, it will update after a while and try to download Anatsu to the device as an add-on for the app.” said Martin Jirkal, head of ESET's analytical team.
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According to Jirkal, the case of the Spy.Banker.BUL Trojan once again confirms that the situation on the platform Android in the Czech Republic is difficult to predict. This is said to be because attackers tend to change strategies and exploit applications very quickly. In any case, financial profit remains their main interest.
In the case of a platform Android security experts have long recommended increased caution when downloading add-ons and applications to a smartphone. Less well-known third-party stores, internet repositories or forums are the biggest risk for users. But caution is in order even in the case of the official store with Google Play applications. There, according to experts, users can be helped by, for example, ratings of other users and reviews, especially negative ones.
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"If I know that I will only use an app a few times and then it will only stay on my phone, I would consider downloading it from the very beginning. Users should also not give in to dubious and overly favorable offers of various applications and tools, because in such cases they can always count on downloading content that they do not want on their smartphone. For example, even if it is not directly malware, even advertising malicious code can have a negative effect on the performance and functioning of their device and advertise links to sites where they may encounter more serious types of malware." adds Jirkal from ESET.
