Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks
Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks
15 February 2024
A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS.
"The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms,"