New Threat: Hiding application icon

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NIST/NCCoE Mobile Threat Catalogue

https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue

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Open jajmo opened 5 years ago

jajmo commented 5 years ago

Threat Category: Application/Malicious or privacy-intrusive applications

Threat: Malware may hide its icon after installation, making detection by the user more difficult.

Source: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/12/11/android-trojan-steals-money-paypal-accounts-2fa/

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samz-cs commented 2 years ago

Exploit Example: Is Mobile Malware Playing Hide and Steal on Your Device? link: https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/mobile-security/mobile-threat-report-q1-2020/