Security News > 2022 > December > GodFather Android Banking Trojan Targeting Users of Over 400 Banking and Crypto Apps

An Android banking trojan known as GodFather is being used to target users of more than 400 banking and cryptocurrency apps spanning across 16 countries.

This includes 215 banks, 94 crypto wallet providers, and 110 crypto exchange platforms serving users in the U.S., Turkey, Spain, Italy, Canada, and Canada, among others, Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

"Interestingly, GodFather spares users in post-Soviet countries," Group-IB said.

The findings come as Cyble discovered a number of GodFather samples masquerading as the MYT Müzik app aimed at users in Turkey.

GodFather is not the only Android malware based on Anubis.

"The emergence of GodFather underscores the ability of threat actors to edit and update their tools to maintain their effectiveness in spite of efforts by malware detection and prevention providers to update their products," Group-IB researcher Artem Grischenko said.

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