ANDROIDOS_KSAPP.A

January 21, 2013
 Analysis by: Veo Zhang
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Information Stealer, Malicious Downloader, Spying Tool

 PLATFORM:

Android OS

 FIRST DETECTION COUNT/S:

1

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes


  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

3543345 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Nov 2012

NOTES:
This is the Trend Micro detection for 3rd-party apps infected with malicious code known as KSAPP. Once executed, the app may download possibly malicious files from the following URLs:

  • http://{BLOCKED}y.{BLOCKED}i.com:5222/kspp/do?imei=xxxx&wid=yyyy&type=&step=0
  • http://{BLOCKED}n.{BLOCKED}1302.com:5222/kspp/do?imei=xxxx&wid=yyyy&type=&step=0
  • http://{BLOCKED}1.com:5101/ks/do?imei=xxxx&wid=yyyy&type=&step=0
The remote script may perform the following:
  • Download other malicious APK
  • Prompt users to install the downloaded APK
  • Popup website to users
  • Invoke more extended API through remote control script.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.300

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

1.359.00

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

30 Jan 2013

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