OneBullEx has launched its first native Android application, available for download on the Google Play Store and via a QR code on its website. To celebrate the launch, the platform is conducting a global giveaway campaign, rewarding users who download the app with exclusive perks. The app allows users to complete the onboarding process, access wallet balances, transaction history, and essential dashboard components, facilitating futures trading. The launch addresses a trend of users preferring mobile access for trading, providing a faster and more reliable interface than mobile browsers. The app integrates OneBullEx’s security framework, featuring device authentication and encrypted session management. Future updates will introduce alerts, market trackers, and additional trading functionalities. OneBullEx is a derivatives trading platform offering USDT-settled perpetual futures and automated trading systems, backed by OneMore Group.
Cybercriminals are using Meta's advertising platform to spread the Brokewell malware, targeting Android users through deceptive promotions, particularly fake TradingView Premium ads since July 2024. Over 75 counterfeit ads have been identified, leading users to download a trojanized .apk file from cloned websites. Once installed, the app requests accessibility permissions and disguises itself with fake update notifications, ultimately deploying Brokewell, a spyware and Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that conducts extensive surveillance and data theft, primarily targeting users in the European Union.
Brokewell employs obfuscation techniques and native libraries to hide its code, featuring a JSON configuration for overlaying legitimate applications and a decrypted .dex file for its main payload. It communicates with command and control servers via Tor and WebSocket, enabling various espionage activities, including crypto theft, 2FA bypass, account takeover, surveillance, SMS interception, and remote control of the device.
Experts recommend that users only install apps from official app stores, avoid suspicious ads, verify URLs before downloading software, and review app permissions carefully. The risks associated with compromised devices are significant, especially as mobile banking and cryptocurrency wallets become more common.
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting mobile devices with a sophisticated Android banking trojan disguised as a free TradingView Premium app, as reported by Bitdefender Labs. Since July 22, 2025, at least 75 Facebook ads have promoted this fake application, reaching tens of thousands of users in the European Union by August 22. The ads use official TradingView branding and redirect desktop users to benign content while leading mobile users to a cloned website to download an infected APK file.
The trojan, which is an evolved version of the Brokewell spyware, requests extensive permissions under the guise of a fake update and can perform various malicious activities, including crypto theft, 2FA bypass, account takeover, surveillance, SMS interception, and remote control. The application employs obfuscation techniques and communicates via Tor and secure WebSocket channels.
This campaign is part of a broader malvertising operation that previously targeted desktop users and is localized in multiple languages. Bitdefender Mobile Security identifies the dropper as Android.Trojan.Dropper.AVV and the payload as Android.Trojan.Banker.AVM. Users are advised to only install apps from official stores, scrutinize ads, review app permissions, and use trusted security solutions to mitigate risks.
The founder of a mobile advertising startup, acquired by Blackstone in 2019, notes the evolution of integrated applications like China's WeChat, which has over 1.3 billion monthly active users and combines messaging, gaming, photo sharing, video conferencing, and mobile payments. Current payment solutions like PayPal operate independently, lacking the desired seamless integration. Regulatory challenges hinder the development of similar all-in-one apps in the U.S., despite interest from tech giants like Facebook and Elon Musk, who aims to transform Twitter (now X) into a comprehensive "everything app." Telegram has also introduced USDT stablecoin payments and is pursuing a similar goal despite past regulatory setbacks. The successful launch of a master app could unlock significant revenue opportunities, though rigorous regulatory scrutiny is anticipated.
Telegram, launched in 2013 by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, began as a messaging app and later integrated with the TON blockchain, aiming to transform digital transactions. The TON blockchain's development started with a whitepaper in 2018, and Telegram raised approximately .7 billion through a private sale of its native Gram token. In October 2019, the SEC filed a complaint against Telegram for conducting an unregistered securities offering, leading to a court ruling in March 2020 that halted the distribution of Gram tokens. Telegram subsequently abandoned the project in May 2020 but supported the independent development of TON, which was rebranded as The Open Network. In September 2023, Telegram integrated the TON Space wallet and introduced a revenue-sharing system in Toncoin. By May 27, 2024, the total value locked on TON surpassed billion. Telegram has become a hub for the crypto community, facilitating discussions and collaborations. It launched an in-app browser and a mini app store, with popular mini-apps like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat attracting millions of users. Telegram has raised billion through bond issues since 2021 and is exploring a potential IPO by 2025.
The TON blockchain project, with ties to Telegram Messenger, has seen a surge in value and popularity this year, with its token breaking into the top 10 by market capitalization. Despite previous regulatory issues, TON's performance has rekindled hopes that Telegram may evolve into a "super-app" incorporating social interactions, gaming, and financial tools. The project is focusing on payments and remittance, with enhanced security measures such as new KYC and AML checks being enforced.
Telegram's founder Pavel Durov discussed the platform's future at the Token2049 conference, outlining plans for Telegram to become a crypto empire. One of the significant announcements was the integration of the stablecoin USDT on the TON blockchain, allowing millions of users easy access to cryptocurrencies with fixed transaction fees.
- Tether's USDT is set to launch on The Open Network (TON) and within the Telegram wallet, aiming to bolster Telegram's cryptocurrency ecosystem and provide a boost to TON's blockchain.
