In recent weeks, IBM X-Force has been detecting ramped-up TrickBot activity in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. The malware has grown from one to three major campaigns per month to five campaigns already in April. TrickBot is sharpening its focus on business banking, too, adding some rare finds to its more usual hit list. A Sharia law-compliant bank, for example, is among the new brands targeted, which is interesting because banking activity consistent with the principles of Sharia law prohibits certain exchanges such as interest fees and investment in business types unacceptable in Islam.”]

