{"id":122973,"date":"2021-05-24T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/take-action-now-flubot-malware-may-be-on-its-way"},"modified":"2021-05-24T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T21:23:00","slug":"take-action-now-flubot-malware-may-be-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/take-action-now-flubot-malware-may-be-on-its-way","title":{"rendered":"Take action now \u2013 FluBot malware may be on its way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dIIDh1AqUKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Android malware known as FluBot is continuing to cause mayhem across some European countries, and there is speculation that the threat actors behind it may decide to target other geographies, including the United States. Here\u2019s why you should be vigilant, how FluBot operates, and how you can remove this Android nasty from your device.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that this advice will help you stay safe from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2021\/01\/26\/wormable-android-malware-spreads-whatsapp-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other Android malware<\/a> strains. In recent days, cybercriminals have begun to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleafy.com\/documents\/teabot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">target Europeans with TeaBot<\/a> (also known as Anatsa or Toddler), an Android malware family that uses exactly the same technique as FluBot to spread and to lure users into giving up their sensitive data. FluBot and TeaBot are detected by ESET products as variants of the Android\/TrojanDropper. Agent family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android malware known as FluBot is continuing to cause mayhem across some European countries, and there is speculation that the threat actors behind it may decide to target other geographies, including the United States. Here\u2019s why you should be vigilant, how FluBot operates, and how you can remove this Android nasty from your device. It\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}