An Android banking trojan has been discovered that is not only resilient to anti-malware applications but can counter them by preventing them from launching, Fortinet security researchers have said. The malware family, Android/Banker. GT!tr.spy, steals banking information from the users of 15 German mobile banking apps. Researchers at Trend Micro said they had found a new variant of the malicious app in their latest research and dubbed it "Android Banker 2.0" after its main function was revealed as blocking all apps on
An Android banking trojan has been discovered that is not only resilient to anti-malware applications but can counter them by preventing them from launching, Fortinet security researchers have said. The malware family, Android/Banker.GT!tr.spy, steals banking information from the users of 15 German mobile banking apps. It is disguised as an email application which tricks users into providing it with admin privileges, then runs a service preventing antivirus apps from launching.