Openhunting Threat Library

SpyWaller

SpyWaller
(Type: Reconnaissance, Backdoor, Info stealer, Exfiltration)

(Lookout) The latest SpyWaller variants are capable of accessing the sensitive data of over 20 different apps, in addition to being able to record calls, capture surrounding audio, track a device's location, take pictures with the camera, and retrieve a list of installed packages. Initial infection is followed by requests to command and control infrastructure for the latest native code component that contains the bulk of SpyWaller's surveillanceware functionality. While we found the native code that is bundled up in the app is somewhat obfuscated, the latest binary served up by attacker infrastructure was not, and contains new code to target Facebook and Google Hangouts. These improvements in capability suggest that the actor behind SpyWaller may be deploying it in campaigns outside of China, where we believe the majority of previous activity to have been conducted.

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Basic Information (Credit @etda.or.th)

Tool: SpyWaller

Names: SpyWaller

Description: (Lookout) The latest SpyWaller variants are capable of accessing the sensitive data of over 20 different apps, in addition to being able to record calls, capture surrounding audio, track a device's location, take pictures with the camera, and retrieve a list of installed packages. Initial infection is followed by requests to command and control infrastructure for the latest native code component that contains the bulk of SpyWaller's surveillanceware functionality. While we found the native code that is bundled up in the app is somewhat obfuscated, the latest binary served up by attacker infrastructure was not, and contains new code to target Facebook and Google Hangouts. These improvements in capability suggest that the actor behind SpyWaller may be deploying it in campaigns outside of China, where we believe the majority of previous activity to have been conducted.

Category: Malware

Type: Reconnaissance, Backdoor, Info stealer, Exfiltration

Information: https://blog.lookout.com/spywaller-mobile-threat

Last-card-change: 2020-07-02

Source: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listtools.cgi

TA0043 TA0042 TA0001 TA0002 TA0003 TA0004 TA0005 TA0006 TA0007 TA0008 TA0009 TA0011 TA0010 TA0040
Reconnaissance Resource Development Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential Access Discovery Lateral Movement Collection Command and Control Exfiltration Impact