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Gigabud Creates Android Work Profiles to Hide From Banking App Malware Checks

ID: 24f00231-1417-5537-a28a-877051d80a4f

STIX ID: report--24f00231-1417-5537-a28a-877051d80a4f

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-09-10

Date Updated: 2026-09-11

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Group-IB reports that the Gigabud Android banking trojan now installs a second app, Vwork, which creates an Android work profile, clones or drops a tampered banking app into it, and uses Accessibility overlays and other controls to steal credentials and perform fraudulent transactions; the chain is confirmed in Indonesia with observed compromises and estimated losses, while samples targeting many other countries were found.

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