IRC bot for Android

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IRC bot for Android
Botnet
Malware	Foncy
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol	IRC
Date	2012 / 13 Janvier 2012
Editor/Conference	Kaspersky lab
Link	http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193332/IRC bot for Android (Archive copy)
Author	Denis Maslennikov
Type

Abstract

“ The IRC bot, after launching the SMS Trojan, will try to connect to IRC server 199.68.*.* (it was unavailable at the time of research) on channel ‘#andros’ with a random nickname. After that it is able to receive any shell commands from this server and execute them on an infected device.

This is first IRC bot for Android we’ve seen so far. And what is more interesting is that comes together with a root exploit and an SMS Trojan. They work together efficiently and the cybercriminal in this case has full access to an infected smartphone and can do anything he wants. [...]

Bibtex

 @misc{2012BFR884,
   editor = {Kaspersky lab},
   author = {Denis Maslennikov},
   title = {IRC bot for Android},
   date = {},
   month = ,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193332/IRC_bot_for_Android}},
 }