How to Protect Android Apps Against Octo
What is Octo?
Octo is a highly sophisticated Android banking trojan designed to carry out financial fraud and identity theft. It spreads through malicious apps and phishing links, often masquerading as trustworthy applications. Once it infiltrates a device, Octo covertly steals sensitive information like login credentials and financial data through advanced techniques such as overlay attacks and SMS interception. By intercepting user interactions with banking and financial apps, it can gain unauthorized access to accounts, leading to severe financial and personal security risks.
How does Appdome protect against Octo?
Mobile brands and developers can protect mobile apps against Octo Trojans using the following Appdome protections:
- Overlay Attacks & Malware Prevention – Detects and prevents screen overlays currently displaying on top of the app screen.
- Prevent Accessibility Services Malware – Detects and prevents malicious actions against mobile apps and users undertaken by malware and malware families that abuses Android AccessibilityService in mobile apps
- Google Play Store Signature Validation – protects against fake apps, clones, masquerading.
- Prevent ATS Malware Detect active transaction hijacking attempts, blocks the attempt, provide a
How Do I Learn More?
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