A banking trojan, known for its small size but powerful capabilities, has expanded the number of financial institutions from which it can collect data, according to security vendor Avast.

Tiny Banker, also known as Tinba, was discovered around mid-2012 after it infected thousands of computers in Turkey.

The malware is just 20K in size and can inject HTML fields into websites when it detects a user has navigated to a banking site, asking for a range of sensitive information banks would never request during an online session.

wells fargo avast screenshot
Screenshot/Avast

A small but powerful banking trojan called Tiny Banker is equipped to attack a new range of online banking websites, several of which are in the U.S.

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