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An Experimental Form of Android Malware Delivers a Banking Trojan, a Keylogger and Ransomware

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An experimental form of Android malware, which was first considered to be an updated version of Lokibot, is known to convey a banking Trojan, a keylogger and ransomware to those most likely to succumb to it.

It is said to contain a couple of new features that the specialists are naming it as a yet another type of malware - MysteryBot.

The MysteryBot and the LokiBot are referred to share the same command as well as the control server which in this way shows an already established strong link between these two types of malware, with the potential that they've been produced by the same attacker.

"The enhanced overlay attacks also running on the latest Android versions combined with advanced keylogging and the potential under-development features will allow MysteryBot to harvest a broad set of personal identifiable information in order to perform fraud," wrote researchers.

While the MysteryBot is well equipped for performing various pernicious exercises, like making a phone call, stealing contact information, forwarding the incoming calls to another device, setting the keylogger, it is also capable of encoding the files possessed by the device and erases all contact information on the device.

It has the ability to effectively target Android versions 7 and 8 utilizing overlay screens intended to look like genuine bank websites, while numerous other Android malware families are focusing on attacking the older variants of the Google operating system.

Is additionally said to use a somewhat complex keylogging functionality that was never known and it supposedly employees two other banking Trojan's keylogging Module (CryEye and Anubis) to abuse the Android Accessibility service.

Be that as it may, notwithstanding a portion of the abilities of MysteryBot presently being underdeveloped, the malware is as yet a potential danger.


MysteryBot isn't at present widespread and is still being worked on, however it is recommended that the users ought to be careful about any applications they download which requests an over the top number of authorizations.


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