{"id":3207,"date":"2020-09-28T08:58:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xopero.com\/blog\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2024-05-15T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:37:21","slug":"cerberus-out-alien-malware-in-there-is-a-new-and-dangerous-android-banking-trojan-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xopero.com\/blog\/en\/cerberus-out-alien-malware-in-there-is-a-new-and-dangerous-android-banking-trojan-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerberus out, Alien malware in – there is a new and dangerous Android banking trojan in the wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alien malware is a newly discovered banking trojan with an advanced ability to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA). There is more than 200 mobile apps imitated by this new threat including Bank of America and Microsoft Outlook. More about the Alien malware you can find below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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New Alien malware<\/em> can steal passwords from 226 Android apps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Security researchers have discovered and analyzed a new strain of Android malware that comes with a wide array of features allowing it to steal credentials from 226 applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Named Alien, this new trojan has been active since the start of the year and has been offered as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offering on underground hacking forums. According to researchers from ThreatFabric, Alien is not truly a new piece of code but was actually based on the source code of a rival malware gang named Cerberus. But is way more advanced than his \u201cfather\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alien is part of a new generation of Android banking trojans that have also integrated remote-access features into their codebases. It shows fake login screens and collects passwords for various apps and services, but it can also grant the hackers access to devices to use said credentials or even perform other actions.<\/p>\n\n\n

Alien boasts the following capabilities:<\/h5>\n\n\n