Attack on Zygote: a new twist in the evolution of mobile threats

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Attack on Zygote: a new twist in the evolution of mobile threats
Botnet	Triada
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target	Android
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2016 / 2016-03-03
Editor/Conference	Kaspersky Securelist
Link	https://securelist.com/analysis/publications/74032/attack-on-zygote-a-new-twist-in-the-evolution-of-mobile-threats/ (Archive copy)
Author	Nikita Buchka, Mikhail Kuzin
Type

Abstract

“ Applications that gain root access to a mobile device without the user’s knowledge can provide access to much more advanced and dangerous malware, in particular, to Triada, the most sophisticated mobile Trojans we know. Once Triada is on a device, it penetrates almost all the running processes, and continues to exist in the memory only. In addition, all separately running Trojan processes are hidden from the user and other applications. As a result, it is extremely difficult for both the user and antivirus solutions to detect and remove the Trojan.

Bibtex

 @misc{2016BFR4827,
   editor = {Kaspersky Securelist},
   author = {Nikita Buchka, Mikhail Kuzin},
   title = {Attack on Zygote: a new twist in the evolution of mobile threats},
   date = {03},
   month = Mar,
   year = {2016},
   howpublished = {\url{https://securelist.com/analysis/publications/74032/attack-on-zygote-a-new-twist-in-the-evolution-of-mobile-threats/}},
 }