April 30, 2024 at 11:13 hrs.
A few days ago, the cybersecurity company ThreatFabric posted an alert about a new virus Trojan that is maliciously circulating: Brokewell.
This attacks devices Androidstealing information from various, its main objective being bank detailsso it is extremely important to take care of these types of attacks.
How does this new Trojan virus attack Android?
In order to access your mobile device, this virus pretends to be a page that warns you that there is a new update of Google Chrome while using the browser, specifically called “security update” (the secure update), ironically.
Although it could easily pass as something real, by downloading this supposed new version, what you will be downloading and installing It is actually the Brokewell Trojan.
In addition to stealing your information, hackers also They will be able to access your device remotelyso it is important to always use the official route to add any application update to our phone, that is, the Google Play Store, or directly type the Chrome URL.
As indicated ThreatFabricthe person behind all this is “Baron Samedit”, who really does not try to hide his identity, and who is also working on a way to bypass the security of Android 13+ through another tool which he called “Brokewell Android Loader”.
