Xsser Malware Targeting iOS, Android Devices

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By Brian Prince on December 17, 2014
 
Researchers at Akamai Technologies released an advisory today about a mobile remote access Trojan (mRAT) used to target iOS and Android devices.
The Xsser mRAT is spread through man-in-the-middle and phishing attacks, according to Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering and Research Team (PLXsert). The researchers believe the malware is being used by an organized group targeting owners of specific phones and software vendors with the goal of stealing credentials, hijacking browsing sessions or execute code at the compromised devices.
The activity began in September and has been observed mostly in Asia. The attacks have focused on software vendors, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers and Internet service providers, and have also attempted to serve malicious applications via phishing techniques or by impersonating legitimate websites. Other attacks use phishing to trick users into downloading applications being hosted on third-party repositories.
 
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