SharkBot Banking Malware Spreading via Fake Android Antivirus App on Google Play Store
06-Mar-22
SharkBot, a fledgling Android banking malware, has managed to circumvent Google Play Store security measures by posing as an antivirus software.
SharkBot, like its malware cousins TeaBot, FluBot, and Oscorp (UBEL), belongs to a class of financial trojans capable of syphoning passwords and initiating money transfers from infected computers by bypassing multi-factor authentication methods. It initially appeared in November of 2021.
