"'Swearing Trojan' Tactics Could Become Global Threat: Researchers"

A threat called the “Swearing Trojan”, originally targeted at users in China, has recently been discovered by researchers at Tencent Security. This threat is able to steal sensitive personal information from Android devices such as bank credentials by dodging 2FA security and sending phishing SMS messages via a false base transceiver station. Although the actors launching this Trojan have now been arrested, the malware is still active and is expected to inspire western malware tactics. This article discusses how this malware is launched and how it is being modeled by other attacks. 

Security Week reports "'Swearing Trojan' Tactics Could Become Global Threat: Researchers"