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ANDROIDOS_SMSBOX.A

April 10, 2013
 Analysis by: Kathleen Notario
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Spying Tool

 PLATFORM:

Android OS

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan lets the user access text messages and call logs from their phone from another phone or from the Internet. The user may choose to login using an email address and a password or using a key that the application will generate every time it is executed. The user can choose to backup all messages or only new messages.

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

81,600 bytes

File Type:

APK

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 Jun 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

It lets the user access text messages and call logs from their phone from another phone or from the Internet. The user may choose to login using an email address and a password or using a key that the application will generate every time it is executed. The user can choose to backup all messages or only new messages.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

TMMS Pattern File:

1.105.00

TMMS Pattern Date:

13 Jun 2011

Step 1

Trend Micro Mobile Security Solution

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Step 2

Remove unwanted apps on your Android mobile device

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