OTX Threat: What the Source Leak Says About HookBot

ERMAC and HookBot are two branches of one Android banking trojan sold as a service, forking from shared code originating with Cerberus. A copy of the builder, Laravel backend, and React panel leaked in August 2025, enabling unrelated operators to deploy panels with default credentials and keys still in place. The lineage runs Cerberus to ERMAC to Hook, confirmed through source code analysis showin Sectors: Finance