HackTool.AndroidOS.Wifikill

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Detect Date

06/09/2017

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Description

This malware can disconnect other users from a Wi-Fi network. It sends a large number of packets to a router, making it look as if the packets were sent by the victim. As a result, traffic from the victim is blocked. Traffic modification functionality is contained in an ELF file. ARP spoofing and the iptable class=”most_attacked_countries”.

Geographical distribution of attacks by the HackTool.AndroidOS.Wifikill family

Geographical distribution of attacks during the period from 09 June 2016 to 09 June 2017

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

	Country	% of users attacked worldwide*
1	Russian Federation	32.57
2	India	8.18
3	Iran	4.80
4	Algeria	3.74
5	Indonesia	3.63
6	Egypt	2.94
7	USA	2.64
8	Ukraine	2.56
9	Mexico	2.54
10	Brazil	2.07

* Percentage among all unique Kaspersky users worldwide attacked by this malware

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