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So far, only cases have been detected within Spain; however, they warn of the possibility that it will expand through the App Store.
It is estimated that during the first quarter of 2020, Mexico was the victim of at least 80 million cybercrime attempts.
This new malware bank is called Revive and poses as a two-step authentication app that attacks BBVA customers.
As the number of Internet users increases, so do the risks that digital users face, with information theft and bank fraud being two of the most common. Cyberattacks are estimated to have grown by at least 32 percent, compared to previous years, Today, the BBVA Spain user base is affected by a new malware that pretends to be a banking security app, with the intention of infecting the mobile device and stealing information and money.
According to what was pointed out by FortiGuard Labs for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico suffered just over 80 million attempted cyberattacks, only during the first quarter of the current year, a figure that has put the digital community and cybersecurity companies on alert.
Data from the World Economic Forum (WEF), show that during the decrease in social mobility and the increase in digital permanence due to Covid-19, cyberattacks recorded a 151 percent increase on small and medium-sized businessesbecause they are the ones that dedicate the fewest resources to digital security.
New BBVA banking malware
The risks of being a victim of bank fraud are high, as has been revealed in recent hours through specialized cybersecurity mediawhich warn about a new malware that seeks to impersonate a BBVA security app, to infect devices and steal banking information. Although at the moment only cases have been detected within Spain, the community warns about the possibility that this virus can spread through the Android App Store.
It is worth mentioning that “Revive”, as the malwareis a specific virus and, According to those pointed out by Cleafy, is capable of restarting itself when discovered, in addition to seeking to convince people to download an application that supposedly acts as a two-step verification tool and that is presented as “necessary” to improve the security of the BBVA account .
Likewise, Cleafy, points out the “BRATA” virus as an example, which works like “Revive” and also acts via SMS from phishing, that is to say, that pretends to be a company or person, as in this case BBVA. The risk of being infected by a malware is growing, since it has become common for apocryphal apps to seek to violate the security of users, selling themselves as legal within the app storesuch is the case of malware “Hydra”, which pretended to be an update of some app and, when installed, weakened all the user’s digital information, putting the user at risk of cyber fraud, for which firms and users are increasingly looking for better solutions of cybersecurity.
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