Here are just some of the banking and crypto apps it targets (with the full list available on TheatFabric’s blog post ): However, just like with credit card skimmers, when a user enters any information, it ends up in the hands of hackers instead. These overlays appear on top of legitimate apps and look identical to them. This APK file actually contains the Xenomorph malware which they’ve just unwittingly installed on their smartphone.Īs with past versions of this banking trojan, it continues to use overlays to steal user credentials from banking and crypto apps. There’s a button at the bottom of the page that says “Upgrade Chrome” but instead of downloading a new version of Google’s browser, it leads to a malicious APK file. ![]() It is unclear if the NoxPlayer compromise is the work of a state-sponsored group or a financially-motivated group looking to compromise game developers.ĮSET did, however, point out that the three malware strains deployed via malicious NoxPlayer updates had "similarities" with other malware strains used in a Myanmar presidential office website supply-chain compromise in 2018 and in early 2020 in an intrusion into a Hong Kong university.These phishing sites inform potential victims that the version of Chrome they’re using is obsolete and needs to be updated immediately. The second is the case of the VGCA, the official certificate authority of the Vietnamese government.ĮSET researchers did not formally link this incident to a well-known hacking group. The first is the case of Able Desktop, software used by many Mongolian government agencies. This incident is also the third supply chain attack discovered by ESET over the past two months. Until today, and based on its own telemetry, ESET said it spotted malware-laced NoxPlayer updates being delivered to only five victims, located in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.ĮSET has released today a report with technical details for NoxPlayers to determine if they received a malware-laced update and how to remove the malware.Ī BigNox spokesperson did not return a request for comment. "Three different malware families were spotted being distributed from tailored malicious updates toselected victims, with no sign of leveraging any financial gain, but rather surveillance-related capabilities," ESET said in a report shared today with ZDNet.ĭespite evidence implying that attackers had access to BigNox servers since at least September 2020, ESET said the threat actor didn't target all of the company's users but instead focused on specific machines, suggesting this was a highly-targeted attack looking to infect only a certain class of users. ![]() Using this access, hackers tampered with the download URL of NoxPlayer updates in the API server in order to deliver malware to NoxPlayer users. ![]() The attack was discovered by Slovak security firm ESET on January 25, last week, and targeted BigNox, a company that makes NoxPlayer, a software client for emulating Android apps on Windows or macOS desktops.ĮSET says that based on evidence its researchers gathered, a threat actor compromised one of the company's official API () and file-hosting servers (). Only five detected until now, in countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.īy Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | Febru- 10:30 GMT (10:30 GMT) | Topic: SecurityĪ mysterious hacking group has compromised the server infrastructure of a popular Android emulator and has delivered malware to a handful of victims across Asia in a highly-targeted supply chain attack. Attackers targeted only a handful of victims.
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