Lookout Threat Labs researchers have discovered a distribution of the Anubis Android banking malware that is masquerading as the official account management application from Orange S.A., a leading French telecommunications company.
Leveraging a variation of the infamous banking trojan, Lookout Threat Labs found the attackers are targeting customers of nearly 400 financial institutions, cryptocurrency wallets and virtual payment platforms. As a banking trojan malware, Anubis’ goal is to collect significant data about the victim from their mobile device for financial gain. This is done by intercepting SMSs, keylogging, file exfiltration, screen monitoring, GPS data collection and abuse of the device’s accessibility services.