ANDROIDOS_TROJSMSBOXER.A

April 11, 2014
 Analysis by: Yang Yang
 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 may be downloaded from app stores/third party app stores.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

481,888 bytes

File Type:

APK

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 Apr 2014

Payload:

Sends SMS to premium service

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be downloaded from app stores/third party app stores.

NOTES:

This malware gets phone number and text messages stored in the C2DM (Android Cloud to Device Messaging) server when it is running. It uses the Google framework to get the data. It then sends a text message to a phone number. If the network is not available, it sends 40947 +* to the number 3855.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

Step 1

Remove unwanted apps on your Android mobile device

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Step 2

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