Eventbot

IN NEWS:

• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory warning people against a trojan called EventBot.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS:

• Malwares: Malware, or malicious software, is any program or file that is harmful to a computer user. Types of malware can include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spyware.
• Virus: A type of malware aimed to corrupt, erase or modify information on a computer before spreading to others.
• Trojan: It is a type of malware that is attached to what seems to be a legit programme but can take control of your computer. A Trojan is designed to damage, disrupt, steal, or in general inflict some other harmful action on your data or network.
• Worm: A piece of malware that can replicate itself in order to spread the infection to other connected computers.

EVENTBOT:

• The trojan affects Android smartphone users and steal their personal financial information.
• It abuses Android’s in-built accessibility features to steal user data from financial applications, read user SMS messages and intercept SMS messages, allowing malware to bypass two-factor authentication.

INDIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT-In):

• CERT-In is India’s nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents in the country.
• Its primary role is to raise security awareness among Indian cyber community and to provide technical assistance and advise them to help them recover from computer security incidents
• It functions under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. The term ‘Eventbot’, seen in recent news is related to:

1. COVID related Hackathon
2. Newly detected Malware
3. Online learning platform
4. Deep space exploration satellite

Answer to Prelims question
Source: Indian Express