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     Trojan Asacub is another malware that criminals want to gain power over our portfolio
 

publication: 01/20/2016

Update: 01.20.2016, 14:52

Asacub is malware that attacks Android users. Purpose of its creators is simple, it is our wallets.

year by year the number of people using their smartforny to pay for goods and services. This fact has not escaped the attention of criminals, who have recently intensified their efforts on the development of financial malicious programs designed for mobile devices. At that time, the first time in the history of mobile banking Trojan came to the statement of the ten most common malicious programs that target finances.

One of them is Asacub. Discovered in June 2015. Malware capable of stealing contact lists, browser history and information about installed applications, as well as send SMS messages to certain numbers and lock the screen of an infected device which, as experts note, is a standard set of functions Trojan stealing information. Since that time, the software had time to evolve and now, as indicated by the experts of Kaspersky Lab, the Trojan has gained new features allowing him to steal the money. The new version is equipped with phishing sites impersonating the site log on to banking applications.

– Observing the contemporary trends, we can assume that in 2016. malware mobile banking will continue to be increasingly developed and distributed, acting in an even bigger part in attacks using malware. Users must be particularly vigilant to avoid becoming the next victim – warns Roman Unuchek, Senior Malware Analyst, Kaspersky Lab’s.

Source: ekonomia.rp.pl

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