ANDROIDOS_LOOZFON.A

March 20, 2013
 Analysis by: Veo Zhang
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Information Stealer, Click Fraud

 PLATFORM:

Android OS

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Via email

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It uses a file name that tricks a user into thinking that it contains adult-related content.

It steals certain information from the system and/or the user. It sends the information it gathers to remote sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Ports:

Port 80

File Size:

42913 bytes

File Type:

APK

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

30 Aug 2012

Payload:

Steals information

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Installation

This Trojan uses a file name that tricks a user into thinking that it contains adult-related content.

Information Theft

This Trojan steals the following information:

  • phone number
  • contacts number
  • contacts email

It sends the information it gathers to remote sites.

NOTES:

It poses as an Android app that uses random names such as the following:

  • 当たるか
  • 抜っき抜き

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

TMMS Pattern File:

1.309.00

TMMS Pattern Date:

04 Sep 2012

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Step 2

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