May 12, 2020 By Elizabeth Montalbano
Threat actors are cooking up new features for the sophisticated banking trojan that targets Google Android apps and devices.
The Anubis malware, which threat actors use to persistently attack Google’s Android-based smartphones, is set to evolve once again, this time adding a feature that allows the malware to identify if a victim is looking at his or her screen.
The new feature is one of several that haven’t been released in the wild yet but are a part of an updated control panel for the malware that’s currently in development, researchers from security consulting firm Hold Security discovered, according to a report published online.
The panel is a web-based module that explores devices that have already been infiltrated by Anubis, researchers said. Threat actors use it to view and decide from which device they want to steal data as well as which services on devices to target.