MALWARE FAMILY

BRATA

Internal ID: apk.brata

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Cleafy, the victim's Android device is factory reset after the attackers siphon money from the victim's bank account. This distracts users from the crime, while removing traces or footprints that might be of interest to forensic analysts.

Threat Analysis

BRATA is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://securelist.com/spying-android-rat-from-brazil-brata/92775/

→https://www.advintel.io/post/economic-growth-digital-inclusion-specialized-crime-financial-cyber-fraud-in-latam

→https://www.cleafy.com/cleafy-labs/brata-is-evolving-into-an-advanced-persistent-threat

→https://www.cleafy.com/cleafy-labs/how-brata-is-monitoring-your-bank-account

→https://www.cleafy.com/cleafy-labs/mobile-banking-fraud-brata-strikes-again

→https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/brata-a-tale-of-three-families.html

→https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/toad-fraud

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

apk.brata

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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