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ANDROIDOS_ICONOSYS.BCTA

January 07, 2015
 Analysis by: Wish Wu
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Premium Service Abuser

 PLATFORM:

Android

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan steals certain information from the system and/or the user.

It sends SMS messages to premium numbers, resulting in unwanted charges billed to you.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

APK

Memory Resident:

Yes

Information Theft

This Trojan steals the following information:

  • Fine Location
  • SMS

Mobile Malware Routine

This Trojan sends text messages to any of the following premium-rate numbers resulting to unnecessary high phone charges:

  • invoke by native library

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

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