Banking malware threats surging as mobile banking increases – Nokia Threat Intelligence Report
08 Novembro 2021 - 5:00AM
Banking malware threats surging as mobile banking increases – Nokia
Threat Intelligence Report
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Banking malware
threats surging as mobile banking
increases – Nokia Threat Intelligence
Report
8 November 2021
Espoo, Finland – The
Nokia 2021 Threat
Intelligence Report announced today
shows that banking
malware threats are
sharply increasing
as cyber criminals target the rising
popularity of mobile banking on
smartphones, with plots aimed at
stealing personal banking
credentials and credit card information.
The report, based on data aggregated from network traffic
monitored on more than 200 million devices globally where Nokia's
NetGuard Endpoint Security product is deployed, showed an 80%,
year-on-year increase in the first half of the year in the number
of new banking trojans, which also try to steal SMS messages
containing one-time passwords.
“A significant amount of this activity is focused in Europe and
Latin America, but this activity is continuously spread to other
regions of the world,” according to the report. “Banking trojans
use a variety of tricks to collect the information. These include
capturing keystrokes, overlaying bank login screens with their own
transparent overlay relaying captured information to the intended
target, taking screen snapshots, and even accessing Google
Authenticator codes.”
Banking malware has been targeted mainly at Android phones, for
years the most targeted mobile device type for cyber criminals due
to Android’s ubiquity and developer openness, with some banking
trojans among the most successful malware attacks in 2021.
The Threat Intelligence Report says that most banking
applications allow users to add a multi-factor authentication
feature to their accounts to make it more difficult for
cybercriminals to obtain personal information. Users are strongly
recommended to avoid mobile banking from easily accessible public
WiFi access points; and to use both multi-factor authentication
when available and strong passwords, which avoid common personal
details like birthdays.
The report also found that Covid-19 related malware incidents in
residential networks have leveled off at 2.5% after a peak in
December 2020 of 3.2%. This demonstrates that people are more aware
of the threats posed by Covid-related cyber-attacks and are taking
steps to secure their home working environment.
IoT botnets, a network of devices connected with malware,
continue to grow in size and sophistication, due to the rising use
of IoT devices, like “smart” refrigerators and video surveillance
cameras. One known as Mozi, which uses a peer-to-peer command and
control protocol, has been used to create botnets consisting of
around 500,000 individual devices. Mozi actively scans the network
and uses a suite of known vulnerabilities to exploit additional IoT
devices. IoT botnets are responsible for 32% of the malware
incidents detected by Nokia's NetGuard Endpoint Security.
Nokia is scheduled to hold a webinar on its latest Threat
Intelligence Report on November 11. More details on the event can
be found here.
Kevin
McNamee,
Director of Nokia's Threat Intelligence
Center, said: “Cybersecurity
threats only evolve and look for new opportunities, as shown by
this year’s report. Banking trojans have dramatically increased
over the last year as digital banking becomes more prevalent – and
this is a trend we see continuing into the future which reinforces
the need for better online practices and having robust endpoint
security in place.”
Resources
- Webpage: Nokia 2021 Threat
Intelligence Report
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