Confucius cybergang shifts social engineering strategy for Android malware

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Confucius cybergang shifts social engineering strategy for Android malware
May 23, 2018
https://www.scmagazine.com/confuciu...-strategy-for-android-malware/article/768020/

The Confucius cybergang has altered its social engineering tactics, replacing a malicious chat app with two additional offerings in its on-going attempt to push Android malware onto its victims' devices.

The group, according to Trend Micro, is still targeting Pakastanis but has created two new offerings, one that shows photos of naked women and another that promises to help the potential victim find a romantic partner.

The first app is named Fuddi Duniya and links directly to the fake website homepage. In order to allay any fears, the site tells the user it is bypassing Google's official app store because it does not allow apps that show nudity. Once the target is convinced to download the app, the phone is hit with the same malware Confucius used previously, which records audio and steals SMS accounts, contacts and certain file types from specific directories. There is also a new addition: the malware can now retrieve the device's last known location and uses Google Firebase to upload the stolen content. [...]
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