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BEWARE: NEW ANDROID BANKING MALWARE CAN TAKE OVER YOUR DEVICE, SPREAD THROUGH
FAKE APPS

By Nica Osorio @techcentrik
04/10/22 AT 11:39 PM

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KEY POINTS

 * Android users are advised to be vigilant and extra cautious
 * Octo, a new malware, is spread through apps
 * These apps are in the Google Play Store

A new and scary Android banking malware that can take over your device and turn
it into a vehicle to commit on-device fraud is spreading on many fake apps and
bogus websites.

What is Octo?

A new banking Android malware, named Octo, with remote access capabilities that
enables malicious actors to execute anything they want to a compromised device
has been discovered by the international security experts and researchers at the
cybersecurity firm ThreadFabric. Octo or ExobotCompact.D is an evolved Android
malware based on ExoCompact, which is a malicious software variant of
ExobotCompact, an Exo trojan that had its source code leaked in 2018. 

Security experts discovered it after noticing a growing demand for the said
malware from several darknet forums users. One of the most striking features of
Octo is its advanced remote access module that allows malicious actors to
execute on-device fraud (ODF) by controlling the compromised device remotely. 



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According to the cybersecurity experts, Octo is being sold on various forums,
including the Russian XSS hacking forum. Someone who goes by the name Architect
or Goodluck is reportedly responsible for selling the malware online.

Malicious actors also used several apps on the Google Play Store to infect
devices with Octo, including the app Fast Cleaner, which had 50,000 installs
until it was removed from the online storefront. Other Android apps containing
the Octo malware include Pocket Screencaster (com.moh.screen), Fast Cleaner 2021
(vizeeva.fast.cleaner), Play Store (com.restthe71), Postbank Security
(com.carbuildz), Pocket Screencaster (com.cutthousandjs), BAWAG PSK Security
(com.frontwonder2) and Play Store app install (com.theseeye5).

Other Octo campaigns use fake sites with bogus browser update notices or fake
Play Store app update warnings to spread the malware. The "actor behind this
campaign was first using a quite large target list that included around 70
applications, but at the time of writing this report, it is also highly focused
on customers from a specific country (Hungary) and is distributing
ExobotCompact.D under the guise of Play Store update through
malicious websites," ThreadFabric reported.

What does Octo do?

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The malware utilizes a black screen overlay to conceal the remote operation,
while hackers can set the screen brightness to zero and activate the no
interruption mode to disable all notifications. It also allows malicious actors
to execute several tasks unknown to victims, including screen taps, text
writing, clipboard modification, data pasting and gestures. 

Aside from the remote access system, Octo comes with a keylogger that can track
and collect all the victims' actions. These include gathering entered PINs and
passwords and accessing the opened websites. It also supports a long list of
commands, including sending SMS to a specified number, blocking push
notifications from applications, enabling SMS interception, disabling sound,
temporarily locking the device's screen and launching applications, to name a
few.

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