PLANKTON
ALIASES:
Plangton, Counterclank, Apper, NewyearL
THREAT SUBTYPE:
Information Stealer
PLATFORM:
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
OVERALL RISK RATING:
DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
REPORTED INFECTION:
Threat Type: Backdoor
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Infection Channel:
Downloaded from the Internet, Via app stores
PLANKTON is a family of malware that has backdoor capabilities. It runs on Android operating systems, arriving as repackaged normal Android apps.
Apart from its backdoor capabilities, it steals information such as the following:
- Android version
- Brand
- Device ID (IMEI)
- Manufacturer
- Model
- SDK version
This backdoor may be manually installed by a user.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Payload:
Steals information, Connects to URLs/IPs
Arrival Details
This backdoor may be manually installed by a user.
Other Details
This backdoor connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://www.{BLOCKED}and.com/ProtocolGW/protocol/commands