Spain is one of the targets of BRATA. How to avoid this dangerous malware on your phone?

With the arrival of summer, malicious attacks are increasing exponentially. and malware BRATA is becoming an increasingly serious threat in Spain. We have mentioned before about this virus that can wipe all data on your Android phone and now it has become more dangerous than ever.

According to the latest report published by Cleafy, the Italian mobile security company BRATA, which stands for the Brazilian Remote Access Tool Android, It has become an advanced persistent threat (ATP) in countries like Italy, the UK or Spain, so the risk is high.

In case you didn’t know, we’re talking about a banking Trojan that cures malware used to enhance its ability to steal information. Until now, BRATA could steal any password and erase the information from the phone. And now it has become more difficult to detect.

Beware of malware BRATA that wants to infect your mobile this summer

Cleafy watches with appreciation the BRATA event changes in your code. This malware now works with new phishing techniques, improved systems to gain additional permissions on the infected device, as well as eliminating different security systems.

Thanks to this, It’s a little easier for BRATA to infect you. The problem, in addition, is that it now focuses on one bank and will only switch to the next when its attacks stop working.

In this way, currently BRATA can spoof the target bank’s login. It can also send and receive SMS via another malicious app to steal temporary codes used by any bank as an authentication system.

for him, the second malicious app captures text messages so the user doesn’t see them, but reaches BRATA servers. Once your device is infected, BRATA also manages to trace the log of keys to learn your username and password in order to steal your banking information and empty your account. Options are not lacking for this dangerous malware.

How do I know if my cell phone is infected with BRATA?

As we told you, We are talking about extremely dangerous malware and you should check if your phone is infected. Moreover, if you live in Spain, Italy or the UK. Note that the app requests user permissions to be used as the default messaging app to block incoming SMS, in addition to requesting access to contacts.

So, if you are using an external application for the messaging service, you’d better uninstall it. And review all the permissions you’ve given to installed apps to eliminate apps that don’t look like you. Finally, we recommend having a good antivirus installed on your Android phone.