Security News > 2022 > June > Android-wiping BRATA malware is evolving into a persistent threat
The threat actor behind BRATA banking trojan has evolved their tactics and improved the malware with information-stealing capabilities.
Italian mobile security company Cleafy has been tracking BRATA activity and noticed in the most recent campaigns changes that lead to longer persistence on the device.
BRATA malware is also more targeted, as the researchers discovered that it focuses on one financial institution at a time and only pivot to a different one when their attacks are rendered inefficient by countermeasures.
BRATA started as a banking trojan in Brazil in 2019, able to perform screen capturing, install new apps, and turn off the screen to make the device appear powered down.
In June 2021, BRATA made its first appearance in Europe, using fake anti-spam apps as a lure and employing fake support agents who defrauded victims and tricked them into giving them complete control of their devices.
What is clear is that BRATA keeps evolving with a cadence of about two months.
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