Security researchers have uncovered a new banking malware called 'Brokewell.' The money-stealing virus poses as Google Chrome, Klarna, and ID Austria currently
Security researchers have uncovered a new banking malware called 'Brokewell'. The money-stealing virus has posed as Google Chrome, Klarna, and ID Austria. READ MORE: AnHackers have unleashed a new bank account-draining malware, appropriately named 'Brokewell,' and security researchers warn that it's targeting Android users.
'It can collect information about the device, call history, geolocation, and record audio,' the security researchers warned. This 'previously unseen malware family with a wide range of capabilities,' they wrote, had also targeted Klarna, a popular 'buy now, pay later' financial app, and ID Austria, the official digital authentication service created by Austria's national government.
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