GhostCtrl malware for Android records you and reads your messages

[Jamie McKane]

GhostCtrl malware for Android records you and reads your messages

Trend Micro has discovered malicious software for Android that can record audio and video captured from your device, read your text messages, and listen to your calls.

 

[Kloofvreter]

So how does one get this malware?

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

So how does one get this malware?

Bit of an exhibitionist are we?

 

[Kloofvreter]

Bit of an exhibitionist are we?

LOL.

 

[skeptic_SA]

So how does one get this malware?

Free download here:

 

[Kloofvreter]

Free download here:

View attachment 449900

Oh right, and let me guess, the vaccine for that virus is slightly to the left?

 

[skeptic_SA]

Oh right, and let me guess, the vaccine for that virus is slightly to the left?

Slow to start. But catches up quickly. Get this man a Bells...

 

[Kloofvreter]

Slow to start. But catches up quickly. Get this man a Bells...

Haha in that case, I'm happily infected.

 

[c3n0byt3]

So how does one get this malware?

I generally go straight to the source article.

The malware is distributed through apps that masquerades as legitimate apps for WhatsApp or Pokemon GO. After the APK file has been installed on a victim's device, a process called 'com.android.engine,' a backdoor function of the malware to mislead the user into thinking that it is a safe component of the system is also loaded. However, in reality, this process contacts the malware's Command & Control (C&C) server, which will then give it instructions on what to record or steal from the victim.