Discovered in 2019, Brata returns in a more sophisticated version that allows hackers to empty your bank account, then completely erase mobile data to hide its tracks.
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He had appeared three years ago and had kept a low profile ever since. Brata is a Trojan horse specialized in bank fraud from smartphones Android. It returns to center stage with an update that makes it tougher and more sophisticated. In addition to emptying bank accounts as it did before, Brata can now activate a tool that performs a factory reset and totally wipes infected devices.
In its original stock, the malware had been discovered by Kaspersky from January 2019. The software malevolent then nestled in the google Play, via from apps in legitimate surroundings. It could also spread through alternative app stores, push notifications, compromised URLs, and even SMS or messages WhatsApp. In 2019, Brata’s playground was precisely targeting banks brazilian.
Collect and erase evidence
Today is the cybersecurity company Cleafy Labs who identified his return and his new options. Its reset tool is used to neutralize the mobile to erase all evidence of a transfer offraudulent money. But the Trojan horse also has other modules, like geolocation tracking and app monitoring banking in real time.
Brata is no longer geographically limited to Brazil. Other countries in Europe, Latin America, or the United States have been added. And this time, nothing proves that the malware spreads via Google Play. It seems that the transmission vector is rather based on SMS from phishing disguised as bank alerts. Finally, to confuse the issue a little more, three variants are currently circulating.
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