New Banking Malware Hammers US and Canada, Reaches Over 50,000 Android Users in Just Six Days

A dangerous Android-based banking malware is rapidly spreading across the United States and Canada.

Anatsa is capable of stealing banking credentials using various methods including overlay attacks and keystroke logging attacks, reports Threat Fabric.

The banking malware can also conduct fraudulent transactions remotely from the infected Android devices.

Threat Fabric says Anatsa is being distributed on the US Google Play app marketplace under various guises such as a PDF update, a file manager, a document viewer, a phone cleaner and other legitimate-appearing apps. Once installed, an update transforms it into malicious software.

“Once the application gains a substantial user base – often in the thousands or tens of thousands of downloads – an update is deployed, embedding malicious code into the app.

This embedded code

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