Recycled Source Code Used to Create New MobiHok Android RAT

guest · Sep 16, 2019

Recycled Source Code Used to Create New MobiHok Android RAT
MobiHok is a new Android RAT marketed by the actor known as mobeebom
September 16, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/recycled-source-code-used-create-new-mobihok-android-rat

Researchers from the Israeli threat intelligence firm SenseCy took notice when they detected a new mobeebom sales thread for MobiHok v4 on an English hacking forum. Further research suggested that mobeebom, under various pseudonyms, is an Arab-speaking actor active on numerous Arab-speaking forums.

"However," say the researchers in a blog report, "from a research we conducted into mobeebom's activity in the underground communities, and the analysis of a sample of the malware builder we retrieved, it is apparent that the threat actor based MobiHok on the source code of another prominent Android RAT named SpyNote, which was leaked online in 2016."

The capabilities of MobiHok include access to files, access to the camera, keylogging, control over SMS and contacts, the ability to bypass both Samsung security mechanisms and Google Play mechanisms, and to bind itself to a separate APK app. The latter capabilities make the transition from a dubious parental remote access tool to a fully-fledged remote access trojan more easy.
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