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

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

The Hacker News · Sep 10, 2026

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Gigabud Creates Android Work Profiles to Hide From Banking App Malware Checks
Security September 10, 2026

The Gigabud banking trojan now installs a second Android app that creates a work profile on an infected phone and drops a tampered banking app inside it, security firm Group-IB said in a report published on September 9. A work profile is a separate space that Android typically reserves for employer apps, and what's inside it is kept separate from everything in the personal space. That

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