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

lowthehackernewsPublished 2026-09-10

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

Original source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/gigabud-creates-android-work-profiles.html