Financial Express reports:

Quick Heal Security Labs has spotted an Android banking Trojan that imitates more than 232 apps including those offered by Indian banks.

The malware is known as Android.banker.A2f8a (previously detected as Android.banker.A9480).

According to researchers at Quick Heal Security Labs, Android.banker.A2f8a is being distributed through a fake Flash Player app on third-party stores.

After getting downloaded, it keeps checking for installed apps on the victim's device and particularly looks for the 232 banking and cryptocurrency apps.

Once any of the targeted apps is found on the device, the app shows fake notifications disguised as coming from the targeted app and asks users to log in with their credentials and ultimately tricks them by stealing their login IDs and passwords.

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