![]() ![]() This malware can steal the users’ contact list, SMS messages, browser history, bookmarks, GPS location, as well as to intercept incoming calls and text messages, send the latter, update itself and download additional malware, use the phone’s microphone to record surrounding sounds, and more. Unfortunately, the attached file – Kaspersky_Mobile_Security.apk – is not a security solution, but a variant of the Android SandroRAT, whose source code has been made available for sale on online forums late last year. “To prevent theft of cash from your account, please promptly install Kaspersky Mobile Security Antivirus on your mobile device,” it urges, and apparently helpfully offers the security solution in the attachment. The email claims that the scanning of the phone was done by Kaspersky Lab, which has been commissioned to do so by the users’ bank. It all starts with a spam email sporting the firm’s logo and warning users that a “virus” designed to steal SMS codes (mTANs) used to authorize transfers has been detected on their phones. A clever malware delivery campaign impersonating well-known AV vendor Kaspersky Lab is actively targeting Polish Android users. ![]()
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