Information security has become very important nowadays especially when the number of hacking attacks has increased. People are becoming more dependent on digital platforms even for their day-to-day banking requirements. This becomes a cause of concern as hackers keep on devising new ways to hack bank accounts and other private data recently.
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What is Android Malware BRATA
BRATA stands for Brazil Remote Access tool. This malware was first discovered as spyware in Brazil in the year 2019.
Android Malware BRATA has been known to add another feature in its latest version. The new feature is that it can track the GPS activity and use multiple communication channels and can also perform a factory reset on the device. Not just that after all the malicious actions it can wipe all the traces of the activities.
A report Cleafy researchers explained about another feature that has been added in BRATA, keylogging. This feature compromises the screen capture function of the targetted device.
People who are actively using online platforms for their banking transactions need to pay attention to this new variant of Malware. Security companies have told that currently, the new variant is targetting people belonging to the UK, Spain, China, and other parts
The report came up in the news which explains how it was targeting e-banking users and stealing their credentials by posing as bank customers agents.
Now you must be thinking about how to keep yourself safe from this Malware.
- To keep yourself secure you should always install the app from authorized websites for Google Play Store.
- Never download Apps from not trusted sites and keep a check on the activities while installation of apps.
- Do not provide unnecessary permissions to the app and keep a check on the services that it is requesting.
- Do not allow the installation of apps from unknown sources as this may compromise your data
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