Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
3 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
The first method, tracked under the name CowardDuck, involves compromising Android devices via malicious apps that steal files from the devices and exfiltrate the data to the attackers’ servers.
The malware embedded in the APK file is a full-featured backdoor codenamed COWARDDUCK
...програмних засобів реалізації кіберзагроз для Android ... кодифікований як COWARDDUCK, є повноцінним бекдором, що забезпечує прихований збір та ексфільтрацію інформації
12 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
...while retrieving commands or data from an external server or from legitimate sites like steamcommunity[.]com.
5 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
An Android malware operation or family used by Sandworm via malicious apps to steal files from infected devices and exfiltrate them to attacker-controlled servers.
An Android backdoor embedded in APK files disguised as security tools; it steals contacts, selected files, and real-time geolocation, uploads data via Dropbox API, and retrieves commands from external servers or legitimate sites.
Android backdoor distributed as a fake protective APK. It steals device information, contacts, files, and real-time geolocation, using Dropbox API for file exfiltration and legitimate services/proxies for command/data retrieval.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.