Cerberus banking Trojan infiltrates Google Play

guest · Jul 7, 2020

Cerberus banking Trojan infiltrates Google Play
The malware was found buried within a seemingly-innocent currency converter
July 7, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/cerberus-banking-trojan-infiltrates-google-play/

Security researchers have discovered the Cerberus banking Trojan disguised as a legitimate currency app on Google Play.

On Tuesday, the cybersecurity team at Avast said the malicious app in question posed as a legitimate currency converter app designed for Spanish users.
In total, the software, "Calculadora de Moneda," -- translated as Currency Calculator -- has been downloaded over 10,000 times.

Our mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are now often key products that are used not only for communication with friends and family [...] As a result, mobile malware has become a common threat today.
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The malicious app bypassed Google's security barriers by posing and acting as a legitimate app for the first few weeks after being accepted into Google Play. It appears that as users began to download the app in March, the software, at first, did not cause any harm and actually acted as a legitimate -- and useful -- utility.

However, after instilling trust in the growing user base, the app then triggered dormant code that became a dropper for the Cerberus Trojan.
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Avast: Banking Trojan Cerberus Made it onto the Google Play Store

Posing as a currency converter app, it targets users in Spain and was downloaded more than 10,000 times
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