In late October 2024, a new scheme for distributing a certain Android banking Trojan called “Mamont” was uncovered. The victim would receive an instant message from an unknown sender asking to identify a person in a photo.
The attackers would then send what appeared to be the photo itself but was actually a malware installer. Shortly after, reports surfaced of Mamont being disseminated through neighborhood chat groups. Cybercriminals were touting an app to track a parcel containing household appliances they said they were offering for free. In reality, this was malware with no parcel-tracking functionality whatsoever. Both scams targeted individual users only.
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Source: Kaspersky
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