BTMOB Platform Turns Android Banking Trojan into Customizable Fraud Campaign Constructor

Researchers at QuimeraX have uncovered BTMOB, a platform that evolved from a banking trojan into a full-featured builder for fraudulent Android campaigns. The service allows clients without development skills to select an app name, icon, command-and-control server, permissions, and social-engineering lure, after which the system automatically compiles a ready-to-use APK. The package includes an Android payload, dropper, VB.NET control panel, PHP and MySQL backend, and build tools that enable rapid production of localized copies of streaming services, banking protection modules, parcel trackers, and social networks. One BTMOB 2.5 variant was distributed via a phishing site mimicking the Turkish iNat TV service, while Brazilian operators created fake Google Play pages impersonating Nubank, TikTok, and the government portal Gov.BR. After installation, the trojan requests accessibility permissions and, once granted, grants operators near-complete device control including screen viewing, keystroke capture, audio recording, and real-time WebSocket interaction that lets attackers perform actions directly on the victim’s device. Analysts link BTMOB to the SpySolr family and earlier commercial RATs CypherRAT and CraxsRAT, which had already attracted more than 100 licensees.

AntiMalwareAugust 18, 2026Translated from Russian

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Researchers from QuimeraX have disclosed BTMOB, a platform that has grown from a banking trojan into a complete constructor for fraudulent Android campaigns. Home users of Android devices are the primary targets of the operation.

Clients do not need application-development skills. It is sufficient to choose an application name, icon, command-and-control server, requested permissions, and social-engineering lure; the system then assembles a ready-to-use APK. The delivered package contains an Android payload, a dropper, a VB.NET control panel, a PHP and MySQL server component, and application-building utilities.

This architecture enables rapid production of localized copies of streaming services, banking protection modules, parcel trackers, and social-network applications. One version, BTMOB 2.5, was distributed through a phishing site imitating the Turkish service iNat TV. In Brazil, attackers created counterfeit Google Play pages impersonating Nubank, TikTok, and the government service Gov.BR. APK files were also spread via WhatsApp and SMS messages presented as security updates.

After installation the trojan requests accessibility permissions. Once granted, the operator obtains near-complete control over the device: the ability to view the screen, press buttons, enter text, record audio, take photographs, intercept keystrokes, and exfiltrate files. Over banking applications BTMOB overlays phishing windows to harvest credentials.

Management occurs through WebSocket connections in near real time, allowing an attacker to conduct operations directly on the victim’s smartphone while leveraging the device’s trusted status and active session. Analysts associate BTMOB with the SpySolr family and the earlier commercial RATs CypherRAT and CraxsRAT, which were sold as a service and reportedly acquired by more than 100 threat actors, providing a ready customer base for the new criminal product.

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