Security News > 2024 > February > Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks
2024-02-15 09:31
A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS. "The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms,"
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