Kaspersky detects surge in ‘Asacub’ mobile banking trojan attacks

What was once a low-threat, basic spyware trojan has evolved into very powerful banking malware capable of giving hackers near-total control over one’s Android device, warned Kaspersky Lab in a news statement and blog post yesterday.

In late 2015, Kaspersky began detecting a sudden surge in infection attempts using this rapidly metamorphosing malware—dubbed Asacub—identifying over 37,000 attacks against online bankers, including 6,500 in Asacub’s first week of activity.

But even calling Asacub a banking trojan is understating the scope of the threat. In reality, it has developed into a comprehensive hacking toolset that grants perpetrators remote access to steal data (potentially for theft of funds or blackmail purposes), operate phone functions, redirect calls and install additional malware. For this reason, Kaspersky in its blog post has already called Asacub “one of the most notorious mobile threats in 2016.” For the full article click here 

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