The Turla hacking group, which was first recognized in 2020 and is behind a series of major attacks, seems to have created another virus. This time, however, it is malware for Android devices that hides in a seemingly innocent application.
Turla Group has created a malicious Process Manager application
The web came up with this information Bleeping Computers and found the company Lab52, which deals with cyber security revealed a relatively dangerous spy application Process Manager. At first glance, a harmless application collects data about the user and then sends it back to hackers. After downloading and installing, it will request 18 different permissions. Yes, you read that right. Individuals who install it in some way will give the application access to almost the entire phone and it doesn’t matter if it works location, camera, SMS reading or audio recording.
Russian-linked Android spyware collects your audio and tracks location | Russia News | NewsRme
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The interesting thing is that as soon as he gets malware everything it needs (ie installation and subsequent permissions) its icon is removed and the process runs in the background. Russian hackers seem to be counting on the user to simply forget about it. If you suspect that you have installed a similar application, a safe solution will be a factory reset of the phone (even malware may in some cases survive).
Have you ever encountered malware on Android?
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