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Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637)

Agent Smith is mobile malware that generates financial gain by replacing legitimate applications on devices with malicious versions that include fraudulent ads. As of July 2019 Agent Smith had infected around 25 million devices, primarily targeting India though effects had been observed in other Asian countries as well as Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.(Citation: CheckPoint Agent Smith)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Process Discovery - T1424 (1b51f5bc-b97a-498a-8dbd-bc6b1901bf19) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1404 (351c0927-2fc1-4a2c-ad84-cbbee7eb8172) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Suppress Application Icon - T1628.001 (f05fc151-aa62-47e3-ae57-2d1b23d64bf6) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware Steganography - T1406.001 (fa801609-ca8e-415e-815e-65f3826ff4df) Attack Pattern 1
Generate Traffic from Victim - T1643 (a8e971b8-8dc7-4514-8249-ae95427ec467) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware Compromise Application Executable - T1577 (d3bc5020-f6a2-41c0-8ccb-5e563101b60c) Attack Pattern 1
File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Software Discovery - T1418 (198ce408-1470-45ee-b47f-7056050d4fc2) Attack Pattern Agent Smith - S0440 (a6228601-03f6-4949-ae22-c1087627a637) Malware 1
Hide Artifacts - T1628 (fc53309d-ebd5-4573-9242-57024ebdad4f) Attack Pattern Suppress Application Icon - T1628.001 (f05fc151-aa62-47e3-ae57-2d1b23d64bf6) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1406 (d13fa042-8f26-44e1-a2a8-af0bf8e2ac9a) Attack Pattern Steganography - T1406.001 (fa801609-ca8e-415e-815e-65f3826ff4df) Attack Pattern 2
File Deletion - T1630.002 (ab7400b7-3476-4776-9545-ef3fa373de63) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal on Host - T1630 (0d4e3bbb-7af5-4c88-a215-0c0906bc1e8d) Attack Pattern 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1655.001 (114fed8b-7eed-4136-8b9c-411c5c7fff4b) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1655 (f856eaab-e84a-4265-a8a2-7bf37e5dc2fc) Attack Pattern 2