GPlayed's younger brother is a banker — and it's after Russian banks

This blog post is authored by Vitor Ventura. Introduction Cisco Talos published its findings on a new Android trojan known as "GPlayed" on Oct. 11. At the time, we wrote that the trojan seemed to be in the testing stages of development, based on the malware's code patterns, strings and telemetry...

Malicious Platform Independent Trojan GPlayed Disguised as Google Play Store

By Waqas Newly discovered Trojan malware, which has been dubbed as GPlayed by the IT security experts at Cisco Talos, disguises itself as Google Play Store to trick users into downloading it. After getting installed, it steals location information and bank details from the device. Additionally, i...

Adaptable, All-in-One Android Trojan Shows the Future of Malware

A new Android trojan, dubbed “GPlayed”, has been identified by researchers who said the malware is both extremely dangerous and could herald a new and very dangerous age for malicious code, according to Cisco Talos researchers. The trojan has all of the capabilities of a banking trojan as well as...

GPlayed Trojan - .Net playing with Google Market

This blog post is authored by Vitor Ventura. Introduction In a world where everything is always connected, and mobile devices are involved in individuals' day-to-day lives more and more often, malicious actors are seeing increased opportunities to attack these devices. Cisco Talos has identified...