back to article Iranian VXers unleash RATs to bite popular Android devices

Future threat researcher Rodrigo Bijou says Iranian hackers have made Android a priority for attacks with remote access trojans. The San Francisco consultant says attackers are preferring AndroRAT and DroidJack over common trojans like njRAT and DarkComet. Android is the most popular mobile OS in the Middle East and Africa, …

  1. Your alien overlord - fear me

    Android is the most popular mobile OS in the world. However, which is the most numerous?

  2. Ugotta B. Kiddingme
    Joke

    yes, but RATs aren't missiles

    so how are they going to photoshop the results?

  3. ma1010
    Unhappy

    What else is new?

    "Bijou says the malware sports dozens of features, including interception of SMS, contacts, call logs, and browser histories along with credential-snatching."

    So it works like most Android software, demanding permissions it can't possibly need, just for the sake of snooping?

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