BRATA Trojan yochokera ku Brazil, yopangidwa kuti izibe zambiri za banki ya ogwiritsa ntchito, yapangidwanso ndipo yalandira mtundu wina watsopano womwe idabweretsa ku Spain ndi malo odyera kuchokera ku Europe kudzera munjira zatsopano zomwe cholinga chake ndikubera zambiri za akaunti ndi kirediti kadi. Kachilomboka, komwe kamangowopseza zida za Android, adapezeka mu 2019 ndipo, monga ma code ena ambiri ofanana, akhala akusintha kuyambira nthawi imeneyo kuti akhalebe ogwira mtima motsutsana ndi zomwe akupanga.
Kuopsa kwa BRATA nkwakukulu kotero kuti kwayamba kuonedwa ngati Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) chifukwa cha zochitika zake zaposachedwa, malinga ndi akatswiri a kampani yoteteza mafoni ya Cleafy mu lipoti lawo laposachedwa.
Mkhalidwe womwe watulutsidwa kumenewu ukutanthauza kukhazikitsidwa kwa kampeni yanthawi yayitali yolimbana ndi ma cyberattack yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kuba zidziwitso zachinsinsi kwa omwe akuzunzidwa. Zoona zake, BRATA yalunjika mabungwe azachuma, akuukira limodzi ndi nthawi. Malinga ndi chidziwitso cha Cleafy, zinthu zake zazikulu ndi Spain, Italy ndi United Kingdom.
Ofufuza a kafukufukuyu apeza kusiyanasiyana kwaposachedwa kwa BRATA kumadera aku Europe m'miyezi yaposachedwa, pomwe ikuwoneka ngati banki inayake ndipo yatulutsanso maluso atatu atsopano. Monga ena ambiri, opanga amapanga tsamba loyipa lomwe limayesa kukhala ngati mabungwe ovomerezeka akubanki kuti anyenge wogwiritsa ntchito. Cholinga cha zigawenga za pa intaneti ndi kuba zidziwitso za anthu omwe adazunzidwa. Kuti achite izi, amatumiza SMS ngati gululo, nthawi zambiri ndi uthenga womwe umafuna kuwawopseza kuti achite popanda kuganiza kawiri ndikudina.
Mtundu watsopano wa BRATA umagwiranso ntchito kudzera pa 'app' yoyipa yomwe imagawana nawo maziko omwewo. Kamodzi anaika pa chipangizo, ntchito amafunsa wosuta kukhala kusakhulupirika mauthenga 'app'. Ngati avomerezedwa, olamulirawo adzakhala okwanira kuletsa mauthenga omwe akubwera, chifukwa adzatumizidwa ndi mabanki kuti afune ma code ogwiritsira ntchito kamodzi ndi kutsimikizira kawiri.
Zatsopanozi zitha kuphatikizidwa ndi tsamba la banki lopangidwanso ndi zigawenga zapaintaneti kuti anyenge wogwiritsa ntchito kuti azitha kudziwa zambiri zamabanki.
Kuphatikiza pakuba zidziwitso zakubanki ndikuwunika mauthenga omwe akubwera, akatswiri a Cleafy amakayikira kuti mtundu watsopano wa BRATA wapangidwa kuti ufalitse ziwopsezo zake pachidacho chonse ndikubera zidziwitso za mapulogalamu ena, komanso kuti ikangoyika pulogalamu ya 'rogue app' imatsitsa zolipira zakunja zomwe zimasokoneza. ndi Accessibility Service.
