Security News > 2020 > October > Wroba Mobile Banking Trojan Spreads to the U.S. via Texts

The Wroba mobile banking trojan has made a major pivot, targeting people in the U.S. for the first time.

Where Android users are served up the full Wroba download, according to researchers, the executable doesn't work on iPhone.

Apple had more than half of the total U.S. smartphone market share as of May. Wroba has been around for years, but previously mainly targeted users in APAC. It was first developed as an Android-specific mobile banking trojan, capable of stealing files related to financial transactions, but has since expanded its functionality.

"Wroba shows how delivering malware to a device can enable longer-term gain for the attack," according to Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at Lookout, which has been tracking Wroba as well.

To avoid becoming a victim of Wroba, or any other mobile malware, users should employ basic security hygiene, researchers stressed, such as only downloading applications from official stores; disabling the installation of applications from third-party sources in smartphone settings; and avoid clicking on suspicious links from unknown senders, or even suspicious links from known senders.

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