{"id":236939,"date":"2026-05-12T02:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/trickmo-android-banker-adopts-ton-blockchain-for-covert-comms"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:30:59","slug":"trickmo-android-banker-adopts-ton-blockchain-for-covert-comms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/trickmo-android-banker-adopts-ton-blockchain-for-covert-comms","title":{"rendered":"TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/trickmo-android-banker-adopts-ton-blockchain-for-covert-comms.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new variant of the TrickMo Android banking malware, delivered in campaigns targeting users across Europe, introduces new commands and uses The Open Network (TON) for stealthy command-and-control communications.<\/p>\n<p>The TrickMo banker was first spotted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/trickbot-bypasses-online-banking-2fa-protection-via-mobile-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in September 2019<\/a> and has remained in active development, constantly receiving updates since then.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/trickmo-malware-steals-android-pins-using-fake-lock-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zimperium analyzed<\/a> 40 variants of the malware delivered via 16 droppers, communicating with 22 distinct command-and-control (C2) infrastructures, and targeting sensitive data belonging to users worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new variant of the TrickMo Android banking malware, delivered in campaigns targeting users across Europe, introduces new commands and uses The Open Network (TON) for stealthy command-and-control communications. The TrickMo banker was first spotted in September 2019 and has remained in active development, constantly receiving updates since then. In October 2024, Zimperium analyzed 40 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3818,34,45,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchains","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-finance","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236939","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\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}