BRATA: alert for dangerous malware that steals your money and then formats your cell phone

The dangerous malware called BRATA, which was first detected four years ago, has just returned, but this time it is more harmful than ever since it not only steals the private information of its victims (especially data from financial applications) but now format your smartphone so that there is no trace of it. Would you like to know how to avoid it? Here we tell you.

As detailed by AndroidPhoria, a portal specialized in technology, this Trojan of Brazilian origin has three variants that have already begun to spread in several Latin American countries, as well as in Spain, the United States, China, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom.

According to the publication, BRATA completely takes ownership of its victim’s phone, thanks to the fact that it makes use of accessibility and administrator permissions. Thanks to this, you can know what is on the screen and save what you are typing especially passwords.

Differences between the BRATA variants

1. BRATA.A: has the ability to track its victim through the phone’s GPS, as well as reset the computer to its factory state
2. BRATA.B: it has the same functions as the previous one, but its code is more complicated to understand. It can also steal your data when you log in to financial apps installed on your phone.
3. BRATA.C – Although it was dubbed the ‘harmless’ variant, its purpose is for you to download an application infected with the real BRATA malware.

Why do you format the phone?

Formatting an infected phone or tablet removes this malware completely from the device. According to Cleafy’s cybersecurity experts, this function allows no trace of BRATA to remain on the computer and the victim does not know what or who made an illicit transaction of their money.

Finally, the specialists recommended installing a good antivirus and always checking the access permissions of the applications we install. Similarly, avoid downloading apps from pages outside the Play Store and uninstall those that we do not remember having downloaded.

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