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This devious Android malware has returned disguised as TikTok or streaming apps — and is now using blockchain to…

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  • ThreatFabric spotted new TrickMo.C variant targeting Android users in Europe
  • Disguised as TikTok/streaming apps, it steals credentials, intercepts SMS, suppresses OTPs, and enables live surveillance
  • Victims are mostly situated in France, Italy and Austria

Android users across Europe are being targeted with a new variant of a decade-old banking trojan, researchers have revealed.

ThreatFabric has explained how it has been tracking a banking trojan called TrickMo.C, since January 2026.

TrickMo is an Android banking trojan that was first spotted in September 2019, but since then has been in active development, constantly receiving upgrades and new features. By 2024, there were more than 40 TrickMo variants in existence, being delivered through more than a dozen droppers, and communicating with 22 separate command-and-control (C2) infrastructures.

Extracting secrets from the French, Italians, and Austrians

This latest version is being disguised as TikTok and streaming apps. The exact deployment mechanism is unknown, but it’s...

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