A new banking Trojan attacks Android phones silently. It is called Crocodilus and is highly effective because it uses an imperceptible black screen.

The virus makes it easier for cybercriminals by silencing the device to steal banking credentials.

“It targets people in Spain and Turkey, and its success has surprised both banks and cryptocurrency platforms.” The specialists at ThreatFabric were responsible for the discovery, and “it poses a very comprehensive threat because it is equipped with modern techniques such as remote control, black screen overlays, and advanced data collection through accessibility logging, among others.”

The Trojan is installed using a dropper, an executable malware that can bypass restrictions on Android 13 and later. Once installed, it requests the Accessibility Service be enabled for proper operation and “connects to the command server to receive instructions, which include the list of target apps, as well as the interface that will impersonate the legitimate app (overlays) to steal user credentials.”

Crocodilus can perform keylogging, which relies on a keylogger or keystroke log, and thus records on-screen password input. By acting remotely, it facilitates the actions of cybercriminals.

M.Pino

Source: 20minutos

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The Windows “screen of death”, which reports that the computer had a problem and needs to be restarted, will no longer be blue in the upcoming Windows 11 operating system, where it adopts a black design.

Microsoft did not change the design of the Windows error screen since 2016, when it incorporated QR codes, while in 2012, still with Windows 8, it added a sad face emoji. Now, after the announcement at the end of June of the new system that will replace Windows 10, an important change in this element has been announced.

According to screenshots of the feature in the Windows 11 beta, although the content of the page remains the same as in Windows 10, the ‘screen of death’ has a black background instead of blue.

The rest of the information remains unchanged, with a percentage showing the time remaining for Windows to collect data about the problem, the error code, and a link and a QR code for additional information and support.

K. Tovar

Source: dpa

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