This is MaliBot, the virus that affects users with accounts at CaixaBank and Santander

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Digital advances have brought countless advantages, but also many drawbacks. One of them is that the risk of being hacked is higher than ever, which is a real challenge when it comes to security.

CaixaBank and Banco Santander users have recently received notice of a virus that steals customer data. This is malware designed for devices that use the Android operating system and has been baptized as MaliBot.

This virus can act in several ways. Can steal the ‘cookies’ customers, bypass multi-factor authentication codes (responsible for maintaining security at the time of login) and even remotely control devices, which encourages the theft of money through online banking applications.

MaliBot affects both users in Spain and Italy, where hundreds of people have already filed numerous complaints for theft of bank data.

The company F5, specialized in applications, has reported that the command and control of this malware is in Russia and has used the same servers that were used to distribute the malware. virus Salitya Trojan discovered in 2003 that also controls devices remotely.

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MaliBot bases a large part of its action on sending SMS messages that contain a link with which it is possible to enter the device and with which hackers have a free pass to steal all kinds of content.

Tips to avoid scams

Due to the seriousness of the virus, banking entities have issued a series of recommendations to their clients to avoid being victims of scams.

  • Keep the devices with the updated operating system, since in this way the security procedures are renewed
  • Never open or access a link from an SMS or email, as this is the main access route for Trojans
  • Enter directly from the App of the bank or from the web. In the case of accessing from the computer, make sure that the URL after the ‘http’ appears an ‘s’, which is the indication that a page is secure
  • Always log out after all operations are done, both in the application and on the computer
  • Never provide your access data, since the bank will never ask you for it
  • Use complicated passwords, preferably containing uppercase characters and numbers. Also, it is advisable to use different keys and not one for everything and not write them down in the ‘notes’ of the device

In Spain there were some 40,000 cyberattacks a day in 2021, according to a report by Datos101. Furthermore, 94% of companies suffered at least one serious security-related incident that same year, in a study published by Deloitte.

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