Disruptive Times is in the know that a mobile Banking trojan; EventBot is the new Financial infostealer that is likely to drain your own wallet in the era of COVID 19.
The Trojan is horsing around with a target of accessing banking apps, money transfers and Cryptocurrency wallets.
6 steps how EventBot banking virus is accessing your password, PINS and SMS and notifications
6 steps how EventBot banking virus is accessing your password, PINS and SMS and notifications
- Installing a third party app.
An android smart phone user installs an app from third party app. A third party app is an application that is provided by a vendor other than the manufacturer of the device.
- EventBot Gains control of your Android Phone
The Banking Virus gets to your android phone and gains control of your phone and reads your PIN.
- Accesses the inbuilt phone features
The Trojan Horse will now access your android phone’s inbuilt features.
- EventBot reads LockScreen
The infostealer will then read LockScreen where hackers gain access to control your device.
- Stealing | theft | and access to PINS, passwords , SMS and Notifcations
EventBot will now steal from you valuable information. this includes personal data but more importantly data from Financial applications.
- The Hackers Party
The hackers will now get access to your financial applications, drain your wallet and make a party.
Financial applications that are likely to be affected by EventBot
Banking Apps
- Capital One
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- Chase
- Chime
- Discover
- PNC Bank
- Charles Swab
Money transfers
- Venmo
- Zelle
- Google Play
- paypal
- Walmart-2-walmart
- Bankwire Transfer
- Transferwise
- OFX
- Xoom
- Money Gram
- Western Union
Cryptocurrency Wallets
- Coinbase wallet
- Exodus
- Stakedwallet.io
- Myether Wallet
- BitGo cryptocurrency
- Jaxx
- Bitcoin Core Wallet
- Electrum wallet
- Trezor wallet
- xapo wallet
Next time you find your financial wallet dry, EventBot might be the culprit; Cert-In (a Cyber Security agency) warns.