This dangerous Android banking trojan is now available online for anyone to use:
The source code for a popular Android banking malware strain has been released online via public forums, raising fears of attacks coming soon.
According to analysts at security firm Kaspersky, the operators of the Cerberus trojan originally attempted to auction off the code to other cybercriminal syndicates, but have now abandoned the material online for anyone to use.
As a result, researchers have witnessed an immediate spike in the number of mobile infections, as cybercriminals harness the complex and sophisticated Android malware to defraud users across Europe.
[...] "We're already seeing an increase in attacks on users since the source code was published. It's not the first time we've seen something like this happen, but this boom of activity since the developers abandoned the project is the biggest developing story we've tracked for a while."
Kaspersky continues to investigate the threat posed by the new edition of Cerberus, but has advised users to take important precautionary measures in the meantime.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @01:15PM (1 child)
Working as intended! Following the best business model in the world: release the source code when the company folds, the customers stop buying, or the developers lose interest.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 24 2020, @03:55PM
What open source license is the malware released under?
Are people properly complying with the open source license?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @02:23PM (1 child)
No online banking - check!
No Android phone - check!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @03:54PM
Online banking - check!
Android phone - check!
Online banking on my Android phone? - do you really think I just came up the Clyde on a banana boat?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @02:44PM (3 children)
Say what you want about Apple's walled garden, this kind of shit is almost nonexistent in the Apple ecosystem.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 24 2020, @03:54PM (1 child)
Say what you want about North Korea's "walled garden", but crime is almost nonexistent in the Dear Leader's kingdom.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @05:54PM
For some definitions of crime...
For other definitions of crime, Dear Leader is a criminal of the worst, treasonous sort.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 24 2020, @10:36PM
Amen, brother! Oh, wait [soylentnews.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 25 2020, @07:01PM
How much will you pay me....
You want me to work for "exposure?"