FrozenCell
Description
(Lookout) FrozenCell masquerades as fake updates to chat applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, LINE, and LoveChat. We also detected it in apps targeted toward specific Middle Eastern demographics. For example, the actors behind FrozenCell used a spoofed app called Tawjihi 2016, which Jordanian or Palestinian students would ordinarily use during their general secondary examination.
Once installed on a device FrozenCell is capable of:
• Recording calls • Retrieving generic phone metadata (e.g., cell location, mobile country code, mobile network code) • Geolocating a device • Extracting SMS messages • Retrieving a victim’s accounts • Exfiltrating images • Downloading and installing additional applications • Searching for and exfiltrating pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, and xlsx file types • Retrieving contacts
Names
| Name |
|---|
| FrozenCell |
Category
Malware
Type
- Backdoor
- Info stealer
- Exfiltration
Information
Mitre Attack
Alienvault Otx
Other Information
Uuid
55a7b2c6-82a3-4d18-82ce-082a5c8da2c2
Last Card Change
2022-12-30