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