Kamluk said, attributing the fall to the tendency of cyber-criminals to use targeted attacks, which take more time to execute, more than opportunistic attacks. In the Philippines, malicious objects fell to 76 million from 113 million, Mr. Most countries in the region experienced a slowdown. Kaspersky detected 7.2 billion malicious objects in the 12 months to July, 1.5 billion of which were in the Asia-Pacific region, Vitaly Kamluk, director of Global Research and Analysis Team, said at the same briefing. “Protecting our smartphones is a step that everyone should be doing by now.”Īnubis and Roaming Mantis are present in the Philippines, though it has not been affected as much as its peers in the region, Mr. “With more than half (63%) of digital payments in APAC doing their financial transactions online through mobile devices, awareness is no longer enough,” the researcher said. This allows the attacker to know the user’s device, credentials, and authentication codes. If a victim inputs his credentials to the site, it will then proceed to the two-factor authentication phishing website. If a user clicks on the link and opens the page, he is redirected to a phishing page imitating the official Apple website. Smishing messages targeting iOS users contain a short description and a URL to a landing page.
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While the cybercriminal group is known for targeting Android devices, Roaming Mantis’ recent campaign has shown interest in iOS users, Mr. The group carries out malicious campaigns that target Android devices and spreads mobile malware initially via DNS hijacking and currently through smishing. Once in, the malware can do a complete device takeover - stealing personal information and identity, accessing private messages and login credentials, recording sound, requesting GPS, disabling play protect and locking the screen.Īnother prolific threat actor targeting mobile banking users, globally and in the region, is Roaming Mantis. Initial infections are done through legitimate-looking and high-ranking but malicious apps on Google Play, smishing (phishing messages sent through SMS) and Bian malware, another mobile banking Trojan, Kaspersky said in a separate statement. During the period, one of 10 unique Kaspersky users globally who encountered a banking threat encountered the Anubis mobile banking Trojan. The Anubis malware continues to be one of the most common mobile bankers, according to Kaspersky’s latest mobile statistics for the second. More and more Filipinos are using their phones to buy things online.
In 2020, the Philippines had 79 million smartphone users and the number is expected to rise to 91.5 million by 2025. Anubis has targeted Android phone users since 2017, mostly in Russia, Turkey, India, China, Colombia, France, Germany, the US, Denmark and Vietnam. Ishimaru said there are 6.6 billion smartphone users globally. Mobile banking Trojans are one of the most dangerous species in the malware world, stealing money from mobile users’ bank accounts usually by disguising the Trojans as legitimate apps to lure people into installing the malware. “I expect to see more of such attacks in APAC due to cybercriminals’ strong financial motivation.”
Other malicious groups are expected to copy the same technique of stealing data and holding devices hostage, Mr. “Our recent findings show that the cybercriminals behind this threat have started implementing ransom functionalities.” “Anubis is known for compromising hundreds of bank customers per campaign, proving that it’s among the most active malware targeting Android users right now,” he said. The global cybersecurity company detected 11.5 million malicious installation packages in the Asia-Pacific (APAC)region in the first half, more than three times the level for the entire 2021, Suguru Ishimaru, Kaspersky’s senior malware researcher in the region, told a conference here.
PHUKET, THAILAND - Kaspersky on Thursday warned of more cybersecurity attacks against Android and iOS devices, with the notorious Anubis Trojan now targeting smartphones using its banking Trojan with ransomware functionalities.
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