ZooPark Malicious Program Detected Hitting Android Devices

Kaspersky Lab the security company recently uncovered an absolutely fresh cyber-spying scheme within which Android users were targeted through Telegram chat application along with infected websites although the chosen medium of assault was watering holes. By the term watering holes it's referred to a method wherein popular websites are contaminated using malicious software in order that visitors' devices unwittingly become contaminated.

Those who have been chiefly targeted in the scheme are end-users of North Africa (countries such as Egypt and Morocco), Iran, and Middle East (Jordan, Lebanon). Researchers assert the malicious software dubbed "ZooPark" has four different variants. Believably, the malware's creation occurred during June 2015 to 2017, with every variant more sophisticated than the earlier.

According to Alexey Firsh, cyber threat investigator, the malware started attacking Android targets from June 2015, if not later.

Currently, ZooPark is solely targeting devices within Middle Eastern countries along with Egypt and Morocco. In his blog post Firsh describes ZooPark as one operation of cyber-espionage which has been mainly targeting the Middle East region from June 2015. Express.co.uk posted this on the Web dated May 6, 2018.

Reportedly according to ZDNet, the malware attack showed every sign of being state-sponsored. Firsh while talking on the tech online site said the attack was highly targeted that challenged researchers towards identifying its malware.

Several news websites has been detected as being contaminated with ZooPark hackers in order that visitors could be diverted onto downloading web-link which contaminated the Android with malevolent APKs.

Firsh further said that the hackers' gang naturally had an enormous background of carrying out criminal security operations along with plentiful resources. Thus far, Kaspersky had detected almost a hundred targets. Moreover, there was as well a sign that selected targets were very special ones. Above all, there were as well indications that some nation-state was involved in the attack.

Today, an increasing number of people utilized mobile phones like a key else occasionally the sole device for communication. That definitely came in detection by criminals getting state backing as they built their tools sufficiently efficient for tracking mobile phone owners, Firsh elaborated.

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