Mazar BOT on ANDROID

[95Viper]

Saw this on the news...

Seems to be a little malware going around lately, for the Android crowd.

Link to article: Security Alert: Mazar BOT Spotted in Active Attacks

Some quotes:

A new Android malware has been making waves recently that have the capability to gain root access on your smartphone and completely erase your phone's storage.

Dubbed Mazar BOT, the serious malware program is loaded with so many hidden capabilities that security researchers are calling it a dangerous malware that can turn your smartphone into a zombie inside hacker's botnet.

Mazar BOT was discovered by Heimdal Security while the researchers at the firm were analyzing an SMS message sent to random mobile numbers and locations.

What Makes Mazar BOT So Nasty
Once gaining root access on the victim's device, Mazar BOT can do variety of nasty stuff on your Android devices, like:

• Gain boot persistence to help survive device restarts
• Send and Read your SMS messages
• Make Calls to your contacts
• Read the phone's state
• Plague phone's control keys
• Infect your Chrome browser
• Change phone settings
• Force the phone into sleep mode
• Query the network status
• Access the Internet
• Wipe your device's storage (the most critical capabilities of all)

And, more at these links:

The Hacker News Site: This Android Malware Can Root Your Device And Erase Everything

Heimdal Security: Security Alert: Mazar BOT Spotted in Active Attacks – the Android Malware That Can Erase Your Phone