Security News > 2021 > November > Finland warns of Flubot malware heavily targeting Android users
Finland's National Cyber Security Centre has issued a "Severe alert" to warn of a massive campaign targeting the country's Android users with Flubot banking malware pushed via text messages sent from compromised devices.
The SMS recipients are redirected to malicious sites pushing APK installers to deploy the Flubot banking malware on their Android devices instead of opening a voicemail.
"We managed to almost completely eliminate FluBot from Finland at the end of summer thanks to cooperation among the authorities and telecommunications operators. The currently active malware campaign is a new one, because the previously implemented control measures are not effective," said NCSC-FI information security adviser Aino-Maria Väyrynen.
Be aware of malware spread by SMS. The #FluBot campaign has become active again, and the malware is being spread by SMS. Scam messages written in Finnish are being sent to tens of thousands of people in Finland.
After infecting an Android device, Flubot spreads to others by spamming text messages to stolen contacts and instructing the targets to install malware-ridden apps in the form of APKs.
The currently active malware for Android devices spread by sending text messages from infected devices.
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