Security News > 2022 > June > FluBot Android malware operation shutdown by law enforcement

Europol has announced the takedown of the FluBot operation, one of the largest and fastest-growing Android malware operations in existence.

The malware operation's takedown resulted from a law enforcement operation involving eleven countries following a complex technical investigation to pinpoint FluBot's most critical infrastructure.

"Known as FluBot, this Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details, and other sensitive information from infected smartphones across the world. Its infrastructure was successfully disrupted earlier in May by the Dutch Police, rendering this strain of malware inactive." - Europol.

In March 2021, the police in Spain arrested four suspects who were then considered key members of the FluBot operation, as the malware had primarily infected users in the region.

FluBot is an Android malware that steals banking and cryptocurrency account credentials by overlaying phishing pages on top of the interface of the legitimate apps when the victims open them.

If you think FluBot might have infected your device, Europol suggests you perform a factory reset that wipes all data in the partitions that can host malware.

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