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Home Malware

Hiddad (Trojan) – Malware

June 13, 2023
Reading Time: 2 mins read
in Malware, Types of Malware
Name Glupteba
Additional Names Glupteba dropper
Type of Malware Trojan
Date of Initial Activity 2017
Motivation Deliver advertising as its main monetization method
Attack Vectors Installation of apps from unknown or unverified download sites, Exploitation of vulnerabilities, Being dropped or downloaded by another malware
Targeted System Android

Overview

Android malware which repackages legitimate apps and then releases them to a third-party store. Its main function is displaying ads, but it also can gain access to key security details built into the OS.

Targets

Attacked regular people.

Tools/ Techniques Used

Hiddad is presented as a YouTube downloading app and usually goes to market on Google Play labeled as Tube mate or Snap Tube. The apps distributing this malware all have lots of 5-star ratings from users – and show why it’s important to read the reviews and not just count the numbers of 5-star ratings.

Hiddad starts with a low-profile approach. When installing, all apps in the Hiddad family have the same name – “Music Mania” – and the same icon, with no requests for suspicious permissions. But, after clicking “Install” we can see another application called “plugin android” is requesting installation permission, and if we click next, we will see that it’s requesting device administrator privileges.

These applications force users into leaving 5-star ratings in order to remove ads from the app. Most of these apps do NOT remove ads after the 5-star rating is given. The malware uses different methods to display as many ads as possible to the user, including by installing new hidden adware.

By taking advantage of superuser rights, the malware can hide in the system folder, making it very difficult to delete.

Impact / Significant Attacks

It was first seen in 2017 and has since been used to target users in over 100 countries.

References

  1. Hiddad Android malware gets top user ratings for all the wrong reasons
  2. TROJAN.ANDROIDOS.HIDDAD
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