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Europol smashes FluBot spyware network
Europol smashes FluBot spyware network

Thanks to Europol, there seems to be an end to the FluBot Android malware for the time being. The European Authority announces that, with the help of other national law enforcement agencies, it has disabled the network and structure of the SMS-based FluBot spyware for Android. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has resulted in the fight against one of the fastest-spreading mobile malwares to date. Known as FluBot, this Android malware aggressively spreads via SMS and steals passwords, online banking details, and other sensitive information from infected smartphones around the world. Its infrastructure was…

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Banking Trojan FluBot targets smartphones in Germany

Current banking Trojan campaign hides attack methods behind new supposed content. Bitdefender experts are investigating the new variants of the banking Trojans FluBot and TeaBot, which target smartphones in Germany. Bitdefender Labs experts have been monitoring new variants of the FluBot and TeaBot banking Trojans since December 2021. Over 100.000 malicious SMS were registered in Bitdefender telemetry alone during this period. An important focus of the attacks in December 2021 was Germany with 32,23%. Only Australia was hit harder. The criminal actors have now adapted their campaigns and are now luring with supposedly new content....

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