Detect date
06/09/2017
Class
HackTool
Platform
AndroidOS

Parent class: Malware

Malicious tools are malicious programs designed to automatically create viruses, worms, or Trojans, conduct DoS attacks on remote servers, hack other computers, etc. Unlike viruses, worms, and Trojans, malware in this subclass does not present a direct threat to the computer it runs on, and the program’s malicious payload is only delivered on the direct order of the user.

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Class: HackTool

HackTool programs are used to create new users in the list of permitted system visitors, and to delete information from system logs in order to hide the malicious user’s presence on the system. These programs are also used to analyze and collect network packets to carry out specific malicious actions. Malicious users employ HackTool programs when setting up attacks on local or remote computers.

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Platform: AndroidOS

Android is an open-source operating system developed by Google for mobile devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and watches. Based on a Linux kernel and the Dalvik virtual machine (older versions) / Android Runtime environment (newer versions).

Description

This program performs brute-force attacks of Wi-Fi networks. A dictionary of passwords is included.

Top 10 countries with most attacked users (% of total attacks)

1
Russian Federation
47.48%
2
India
8.89%
3
Iran
5.04%
4
Brazil
3.73%
5
Germany
3.61%
6
Algeria
3.53%
7
Ukraine
2.72%
8
Mexico
2.29%
9
Kazakhstan
1.35%
10
Nepal
1.34%
* Percentage among all unique Kaspersky users worldwide attacked by this malware

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Find out the statistics of the vulnerabilities spreading in your region on statistics.securelist.com

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