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New Cerberus Android Banker Uses Pedometer to Avoid Analysis

A new banking trojan for Android devices relies on the accelerometer sensor to delay its running on the system and thus evade analysis from security researchers. Researchers from Amsterdam-based cybersecurity company ThreatFabric analyzed a sample of the malware and found that it did not borrow from Anubis, an Android banker whose source code got leaked, sparking the creation of clones. The malware author(s) claim that it was used privately for the past two years and that they created Cerberus from scratch. The set of features available in this trojan are standard and does not show any signs of innovative or special functions like remote control, which are present in more advanced Android bankers.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-cerberus-android-banker-uses-pedometer-to-avoid-analysis/

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