Rewterz Threat Alert – APT C-35 (Donot Team) Android APK Sample

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

APT C-35 aka (Donot Team) has been actively dropping malicious android APK sample and targeting android users to exfiltrate data. The group has previously been active in the past and has now again shifted it’s focus to android malware. The group has a history of attacking Pakistani government officials and military personnel and has been linked to India. They previously targeted Pakistani users with android malware named (StealJob) was used to target Pakistani android mobile users by Phishing on the name of “Kashmiri Voice”. 

Impact

Information theft and espionage

Indicators of Compromise

Filename

• Private Chat Messenger[.]apk

MD5

• 533e8dfa67bd816c76cac66b844d778d

SHA-256

• 8885752384e54f65c7bd94982fadfa016f906960e9a53492a908eda12335f5aa

SHA1

• 07b0aa7082829f114ccbb4576b60e6620645b5c4

Remediation

• Block the threat indicators at their respective controls.
• Always provide the right permissions.
• Share data securely across apps.
• Store private data within internal storage.
• Disallow access to your app’s content providers.