New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices
A powerful new Android backdoor that can perform a variety of nefarious tasks on compromised devices has been found.
The malware, which the McAfee Mobile Research Team has dubbed "Xamalicious," gets its name from the fact that it was created with the help of the open-source Xamarin mobile app framework and leverages the accessibility permissions of the operating system improperly to achieve its goals.
If it meets the requirements, it can also collect metadata about the infected device and initiate communication with a command-and-control (C2) server to get a second-stage payload.
The following step is "dynamically injected as an assembly DLL at runtime level to take full control of the device and potentially perform fraudulent actions such as clicking on ads read more New Sneaky ...