Samsung Galaxy owners need to be aware, as the latest report apparently suggests, of a new banking malware that could put your Galaxy phones at a serious risk.
Well, today’s generation of smartphones is highly secured with robust security, which is continuously improving in order to protect against attackers. Meanwhile, a new report from TheHackerNews reveals that a new Android banking virus named Sturnus, which has been discovered by certain security teams and seems dangerous according to them.
Specifically, the report mentions that the new Android malware, Sturnus, doesn’t seem to have been deployed effectively and completely across different nations, while a few cases have appeared in Southern and Central Europe, at least for now. At the same time, this malware looks dangerous as it directly attacks and analyzes whatever is present on the screen, rather than trying to break and decrypt data in the background.
It can keenly observe the information present on the screen, from WhatsApp chats to Telegram or Signal. Meanwhile, the new Android malware Sturnus further tries to attack via the banking apps by trying to fool users by creating fake banking pages.
The Sturnus is designed to copy and mimic the exact layout of the banking app such that the entering of bank details seems as usual, but all the banking credentials of the users are directly sent to the attackers, while also allowing them to tap, type, and scroll, and even hide the screen with a black display.
Well, Google has already provided an official statement, suggesting that the Android malware Sturnus is currently absent from the Play Store. Nevertheless, the Play Protect is already working on blocking unidentified malware, and users must avoid granting accessibility permissions to the apps that don’t even need them.
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